The Politics and Issues of the Moment

Instructor: Evan Smith

This course focuses on the politics and issues driving the moment we were in —the election cycle and the run-up to the next sessions of the Texas Legislature and the U.S. Congress and the next biennial election cycle. Each class is built around the central ideas of the moment in politics as well as the handful of issues atop of the campaign season's agenda.

Big-name guests visit the class each week, in person and virtually, to discuss what's really going on: in races and in parties, in the halls of government, from one end of the state to the other, and along the treacherous path from Texas to D.C. This class put students in the intimate company of some of the most powerful and celebrated figures in politics and policy.