Nancy Y. Bekavac is an American academic and former lawyer who served as the sixth president of Scripps College from 1990 to 2007, becoming the first woman to lead the institution. Raised in Clairton, Pennsylvania, she earned her undergraduate degree...
Miguel Cardona began his career as a fourth-grade teacher before becoming the youngest principal in Connecticut and later the state’s first Latino Commissioner of Education. As the second Secretary of Education of Puerto Rican descent, Cardona over...
David Himmelstein is a Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Hunter College in New York City. He is known for his widely cited studies on patients’ rights issues and structural problems within the US healthcare system. His 1984 study on patie...
Sharel Cassity is a Chicago-based saxophonist and educator who has played with Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, among others. Originally from Oklahoma, Cassity moved to New York City where she attended the Juilliard School, receiving...
Sharel Cassity is a Chicago-based saxophonist and educator who has played with Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, among others. Originally from Oklahoma, Cassity moved to New York City where she attended the Juilliard School, receiving...
Jonah Bennett is the Editor-in-Chief of Palladium Magazine, an online publication out of the SF Bay Area focusing on issues of government, society, and liberalism. This post is the third in an ongoing series of interviews with people invested in the ...
Jonah Bennett is the Editor-in-Chief of Palladium Magazine, an online publication out of the SF Bay Area focusing on issues of government, society, and liberalism. This post is the third in an ongoing series of interviews with people invested in the ...
Thomas Evans was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island and is striving to give back to his community by running for City Councilman at Large. He is a sixth degree black belt in Kenpo karate and founder of the not-for-profit United Community ...
Thomas Evans was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island and is striving to give back to his community by running for City Councilman at Large. He is a sixth degree black belt in Kenpo karate and founder of the not-for-profit United Community ...
Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University. His most recent book is 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust the Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less. His last book was Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much M...
Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University. His most recent book is 10% Less Democracy: Why You Should Trust the Elites a Little More and the Masses a Little Less. His last book was Hive Mind: How Your Nation’s IQ Matters So Much M...
John P. Walters served as the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George W. Bush. Ryan Frant: I would like to ask about one of your mentors, Allan Bloom. Apart from being an expert of the great texts, Bl...
John P. Walters served as the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George W. Bush. Ryan Frant: I would like to ask about one of your mentors, Allan Bloom. Apart from being an expert of the great texts, Bl...
Dr. Azim Shariff is a social psychologist whose research focuses on where morality intersects with religion, cultural attitudes and economics. Shariff is one of the researchers behind the Moral Machine study, the largest ever study on machine ethics,...
Dr. Azim Shariff is a social psychologist whose research focuses on where morality intersects with religion, cultural attitudes and economics. Shariff is one of the researchers behind the Moral Machine study, the largest ever study on machine ethics,...
Elaine Sheldon is an American filmmaker who centers much of her work around the opioid crisis. Her documentary “Heroin(e)” was nominated for an Academy Award and won an Emmy. This award-winning documentary follows the lives of three women, ...
Elaine Sheldon is an American filmmaker who centers much of her work around the opioid crisis. Her documentary “Heroin(e)” was nominated for an Academy Award and won an Emmy. This award-winning documentary follows the lives of three women, ...
Jason Crawford is an entrepreneur and writer. He is a leader in the incipient field of Progress Studies. He blogs at The Roots of Progress, which is funded by a grant from Emergent Ventures. This post is the first in an ongoing series of interviews o...
Jason Crawford is an entrepreneur and writer. He is a leader in the incipient field of Progress Studies. He blogs at The Roots of Progress, which is funded by a grant from Emergent Ventures. This post is the first in an ongoing series of interviews o...
Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández served as the Mexican Ambassador to the United States from 2017-2018. He is a believer in fostering a strong relationship between the United States and Mexico. He is currently working to develop infrastructu...
Ambassador Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernández served as the Mexican Ambassador to the United States from 2017-2018. He is a believer in fostering a strong relationship between the United States and Mexico. He is currently working to develop infrastructu...
Patrisse Cullors is an artist-activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She was named one of Fortune’s World’s Greatest Leaders, Glamour Woman of the Year, and honored as an NAACP History Maker. Cullors is an organizer of the For Freedoms Co...
Patrisse Cullors is an artist-activist and co-founder of Black Lives Matter. She was named one of Fortune’s World’s Greatest Leaders, Glamour Woman of the Year, and honored as an NAACP History Maker. Cullors is an organizer of the For Freedoms Co...
Yonas Mellesse, better known to fans around the world under mononym YONAS, is a leading independent hip-hop artist. Growing up in the South Bronx, he used classical music to cope with the death of his father and ensuing financial hardship. YONAS dedi...
Yonas Mellesse, better known to fans around the world under mononym YONAS, is a leading independent hip-hop artist. Growing up in the South Bronx, he used classical music to cope with the death of his father and ensuing financial hardship. YONAS dedi...
Bobby Henline is a standup comedian and retired military Staff Sergeant who served four tours in Iraq. More than ten years after enlisting to fight in Desert Storm at 17, he was moved to re-enlist immediately following the September 11th terrorist at...
Bobby Henline is a standup comedian and retired military Staff Sergeant who served four tours in Iraq. More than ten years after enlisting to fight in Desert Storm at 17, he was moved to re-enlist immediately following the September 11th terrorist at...