Current Events Explained

Thursdays, May 21 and 28 | 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Bethany Congregational Church 556 N. Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara

VISTAS member price: $30; non-member price: $45

Presented by Jack Friedlander
Participants will gain fresh insights and perspectives about current events. Topics will include recent Supreme Court decisions; how the MAGA movement was conceived and the six factions that form its base; analyses of foreign policy developments; how Stablecoins may change the banking system; why higher education is under attack; strategies to increase the supply of affordable housing; whether tariffs are achieving their intended goals; critiques of the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid and ideas for making them less costly; the changing media landscape; new approaches to providing foreign aid; and recent developments.