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Former U.S. Rep. James Langevin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/Israel_Steve_J-Headshot-highres-1024x1024.jpg\")
Former U.S. Rep. Steve Israel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2023\/10\/Priebus_Reince-headshot-highres.jpeg\")
Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Political polarization is emerging as one of the largest threats to America’s democracy with profound negative effects on our government, culture, and even national security,” said Marc Hutchison, professor and chair of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Political Science. “As we approach another divisive national election season, it is more important than ever to find ways to engage across the political divide. Solving the problems of the 21st century will require that we rediscover how to cooperate and find some consensus amongst ourselves.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Langevin, a Democrat who represented Rhode Island\u2019s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. Congress from 2001 to 2023, is a visiting scholar in the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Arts and Sciences\u2019 Department of Political Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Israel, a Democrat who represented New York\u2019s 2nd and 3rd Congressional Districts between 2001 and 2017 and was chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 2011 to 2015, is now director of the Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Priebus served as former President Trump\u2019s first White House Chief of Staff in 2017. Prior to that he was a three-term chair of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017. He now serves as president and chief strategist with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP and as chair of 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee\u2019s host committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The \u201cPolarization of Politics in America: Finding the Center,\u201d which is free and open to the public, will take place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Edwards Hall at 64 Upper College Road on the Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event will be preceded at 2:30 p.m. by a panel on Rhode Island politics in the Higgins Welcome Center, 45 Upper College Road. Hosted by the University\u2019s Department of Political Science, the state politics panel is open to 溏心vlog免费B站 students. The panel will be moderated by Emily Lynch, 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professor of political science, and undergraduate research assistant David Rudolph, with panelists including Rhode Island Democratic Party Chair Joseph McNamara; Rhode Island Republic Party Chair Joseph Powers; Rhode Island House Minority Leader Mike Chippendale (R-40); and Rhode Island Rep. Kathleen Fogarty (D-35).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Registration<\/a> for the \u201cPolarization of Politics in America: Finding the Center\u201d is recommended. The event will also be livestreamed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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