The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies Presents:
Jane Mayer, Staff Writer at the New Yorker, author of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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An analysis of how super PACs and big donor money has shaped the 2016 election, or in the case of the GOP, how this money failed to counter the rise of Trump. Based on Jane Mayer’s book, Dark Money.
The UBC Bookstore will be selling copies of Dark Money.
Jane Mayer is a staff writer for The New Yorker and the author of three bestselling and critically acclaimed narrative nonfiction books. She co-authored Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984–1988, with Doyle McManus, and Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas, with Jill Abramson, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, was also a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
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About: The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies is an annual dialogue series hosted by the Liu Institute for Global Issues and made possible by a generous gift from Philip Lind (BA’66, LLD’02). Created to address the most urgent issues of our time, the initiative invites prominent American scholars, writers and intellectuals to UBC to conduct research and share ideas with students, faculty and the wider community on a particular theme.
The focus of 2016 is the U.S. Election Campaign. Through high profile speakers, discussions with UBC students, faculty, alumni and community, The Lind Initiative in U.S. Studies aims to provoke a national conversation around issues such as hyper conservatism and widening rifts in the two major political parties. Please join us by registering for all events on the Current Series page.
