Leid Stories - 02.24.15

Why Is It All Happening?: A Status Report on Major World Events

Diplomatic scholar, historian, attorney and prolific author Dr. Gerald Horne delivers a status report on major developments in the world today, masterfully decoding complex issues that are attached to them.

Horne, the John J. and Rebecca Moores chair of history and African American studies at the University of Houston, frames his discussion within the push-and-pull of shifting alliances among dominant powers and the emergence of new, game-changing players and events that are challenging their established order.