Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Starr discusses his new book, American Contradiction: Revolution and Revenge from the 1950s to NOW

When:
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
Sargent Hall
120 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02108

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Admission:
FREE

Hosted by:
spurlock Susan

Categories:
History

Event website:
https://sites.suffolk.edu/fordhallforum/



 How did Americans come to elect Barack Obama—and then Donald Trump? Those choices capture what Paul Starr calls the American contradiction. 

The whole truth about America, Starr argues in this new history of the United States since the 1950s, has never been contained in one consistent set of values or interests. Our nation was born in the contradiction between freedom and slavery. Today it is beset by a contradiction between a changing people and a resisting nation, a nation with entrenched institutions that have empowered those who fear the changes and look to restore an old America of their imagining.


Starr will be in conversation with Randall Kennedy. Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School, where he teaches courses on contracts, criminal law, and the regulation of race relations. 


There will be a book signing after the event.

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