In this lecture, author, reporter, and activist Bob Fritakis discusses the 2004 elections and what happened in Ohio. Fritakis argues that there was a "very intentional" process through which numerous tactics were used to ensure that Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush won the state. He outlines what were essentially "high-tech Jim Crow conditions" designed to keep people from voting including everything from changing polling places at the last minute to problems with the voting machine. While the efforts of the Republicans (including J. Kenneth Blackwell) helped them win the presidency, Fritakis convincingly argues that the 2004 election in Ohio about more than whether Kerry or Bush won the presidency. Instead, Fitrakas asserts that the election has much to do with the future of our democracy.

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In this lecture, journalist and author Kari Lydersen discusses globalization and Latin America. Much of the talk is based on the essays contained in her book "Out of the Sea and into the Fire: Latin American-U.S. Immigration in the Global Age" that explores a number of topics related to immigration. In the lecture, Lydersen discusses the impact of free trade agreements such as the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and development projects such as Plan Puebla Panama and their affect on immigration, as well as the anti-immigrant backlash in the United States. Recorded shortly after groups such as the Minuteman Project began to take the national spotlight in the immigration debate, Lydersen's lecture provides an important look at the human faces behind globalization and immigration.

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