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Dec 20 2022

Am I Using my Morals as a Weapon or a Gift?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Nov 22 2022

What is the Future of Global Trade?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Nov 15 2022

What is the Senate Filibuster and Why Should We Care?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Oct 26 2022

What Still Ails Us a Decade After the Affordable Care Act?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Oct 19 2022

What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?

What Can Be Done About the Affordable Housing Crisis?

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: podcast

Oct 05 2022

How Important is it to Address Our National Debt?

EPISODE 4: The United States owes its debtors more than $30 trillion. To dig into how the U.S. got here and what’s at stake, the governors call on Paul Ryan, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Barry Eichengreen, George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: News, podcast

Sep 28 2022

Where Do Charter Schools Fit In Public Education?

EPISODE 3: Nina Rees and Kaya Henderson join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss the role that charter schools play in public education today.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: podcast

Sep 21 2022

Are We Moving Fast Enough to Address Climate Change?

EPISODE 2: To talk climate change, former governors Bredesen and Haslam turned to two fellow Tennesseans: former Vice President Al Gore and Jeff Lyash, the president and CEO of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the nation’s largest public utility.

Written by Patricia Contic · Categorized: podcast

Sep 14 2022

What Can We Do About Gun Violence?

EPISODE 1: Arne Duncan and David French join Governors Bredesen and Haslam to discuss potential avenues to reducing gun violence in the first episode of You Might be Right

Written by Jill Knight · Categorized: podcast

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Visiting the Baker Center

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Appalachian Leadership Institute

Institute of American Civics

Modern Political Archives

Baker Briefing Newsletter

News and Events

Podcast

Faculty

Faculty and Staff

Find an Expert

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Grants and Contracts

Research

Modern Political Archive

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About Our Student Programs

Living Learning Community

Baker Ambassadors

Baker Scholars

Washington Fellows

Japan Ambassadors Program

Minor in Public Policy Analytics

Diplomacy Lab

Vols Vote

Tennessee Campus Civics Summit

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—Howard H. Baker Jr.





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