Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era

Jacob Weisberg's new book, Profiles in Cowardice: A Study of Collaboration in the Trump Era, examines how a small number of powerful individuals and institutions, including law, media, academia, and government, chose complicity over resistance in the face of authoritarian pressure. Drawing on eight portraits of prominent figures across Big Law, Big Tech, Wall Street, and government, the book explores not how institutions are overthrown, but how they are bent and bullied into submission. Limited copies of the book will be available on a first come first served basis. You can purchase the book here https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/818503/profiles-in-cowardice-by-jacob-weisberg/.

Join Jacob Weisberg in conversation with Jameel Jaffer for a discussion on fear, complicity, and what courage requires in moments of democratic crisis.

About the Speakers:

Jacob Weisberg is the author of books including Ronald Reagan (2016), The Bush Tragedy (2008), and In an Uncertain World (2003), co-written with former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin. He is the former longtime editor of Slate, co-founder of Pushkin Industries, Chair of the Committee to Protect Journalists, and a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.

Jameel Jaffer is the inaugural Executive Director of Columbia University's Knight First Amendment Institute. A former ACLU litigator, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Foreign Affairs.

This event is hosted by the Technology Policy and Innovation (TPI) concentration at Columbia SIPA and co-sponsored by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, the Committee on Global Thought, and Columbia World Projects, part of Columbia Global.

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