As we approach the nation’s 250th anniversary, the questions at the heart of American democracy feel more urgent than ever. When we gather for The Texas Tribune Festival this September 24-26 in Austin, we’ll bring together voices who are living those questions with their work, helping us grapple with who we are and where we go from here.
Joining us to confront those questions of power, identity and the future of this country are Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt; Sherrilyn Ifill, founding director of the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy at Howard University School of Law; former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove; National Book Award-winning author Imani Perry; former U.S. immigration judge Carla Espinoza-Grcic; and Avi Loeb, founder and director of the Galileo Project at Harvard University.
As chair of the National Governors Association, Stitt has made “Reigniting the American Dream” his signature initiative.
The former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Ifill has called the struggle to fully realize the 14th Amendment “the defining constitutional battle of the 20th and 21st centuries.”
