Eric Holder, who served as U.S. attorney general from 2009 to 2015, will sit down with Pitt Cyber Founding Director David Hickton on April 4 as part of the Protecting Democracy and Securing our Elections series.

Holder, who was the first Black U.S. attorney general, will discuss his new book, “Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote,” which he co-wrote with Sam Koppelman, and his action plan to reinvigorate American democracy.

The book takes readers through three stories of how the vote was won: first by white men, through violence and insurrection; then by white women, through protests and mass imprisonments; and finally by African-Americans, in the face of lynchings and terrorism. Then it looks at how the vote has been stripped away since the Shelby County v. Holder case in 2013, which gutted the Voting Rights Act. Then it ends will chapters on how to reverse the tide of voter suppression.

The event is at noon April 4 in the University Club Ballroom B. It is sponsored by Pitt Cyber and the Institute of Politics. Register here for the in-person event. A light lunch and limited complimentary copies of Holder's book will be available after the presentation.

2023 McKay Lecture: The Work of the Future: Where Will it Come From?
3:30-4:45 p.m. April 6, William Pitt Union Lower Lounge

David H. Autor, Ford professor in the MIT Department of Economics and co-director of the National Bureau of Economic Research Labor Studies Program, will discuss his recent book, “The Work of the Future: Building Better Jobs in an Age of Intelligent Machines.” Autor’s research explores the impact of technological change and globalization on labor markets, job polarization, earnings, and inequality. The book concerns the impact of demographic shifts, information technology, and remote work on U.S. labor markets. The McKay Lecture is presented by Pitt’s Department of Economics.