Freedom of the Press: Views from the Front Line (May 06, 2026)

Wed, 06 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT

With reporters under siege everywhere from the streets of Minneapolis to their homes in northern Virginia, ClassACT HR73 will present the second forum in its Freedom of the Press series on May 6 at 7:00 pm ET. Its moderator Richard Tofel ’79, who was the founding general manager of ProPublica and the assistant publisher of the Wall Street Journal, will head a panel of lawyers and reporters to discuss the current physical and legal threats the press faces.

David McGraw, deputy general counsel and senior vice president at the New York Times and lead lawyer for the paper’s newsroom, will join the discussion along with Bruce Brown, president of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Francia García Hernández, a reporter for Block Club Chicago who covered Operation Midway Blitz, will describe what it is like to cover immigration and ICE operations in a city where nearly one-quarter of the residents are immigrants.

Learn at Lunch: Nathaniel Stinnett from Environmental Voter Project (May 19, 2026)

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Data science, behavioral science, and mobilizing environmentalists to vote

Join Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, to learn about the organization's cutting-edge work using behavioral science to turn non-voting environmentalists into consistent voters. Nathaniel will describe the latest data and messaging techniques campaigns use to mobilize voters and provide insight into the climate movement's political opportunities in the 2026 midterms.

Nathaniel Stinnett is the Founder & Executive Director of the Environmental Voter Project, a non-partisan nonprofit using data analytics and behavioral science to mobilize environmentalists to vote. Named one of five global “climate visionaries” by The New York Times in 2018, and dubbed “The Voting Guru” by Grist magazine, Stinnett is a frequent expert speaker on cutting-edge campaign techniques and the behavioral science behind getting people to vote. He has held a variety of senior leadership positions on US Senate, Congressional, state, and mayoral campaigns, and he sits on the Board of Advisors for MIT’s Environmental Solutions Initiative. He lives in Boston with his wife and two children.

ClassACT HR73 upcoming events

Freedom of the Press: Views from the Front Line (May 06, 2026)

Learn at Lunch: Nathaniel Stinnett from Environmental Voter Project (May 19, 2026)

Data science, behavioral science, and mobilizing environmentalists to vote