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...
Dr. Omar Bah is the founder and former executive director of the Refugee Dream Center. Under his leadership, the Refugee Dream Center has grown into an incredibly comprehensive resource for refugees across Rhode Island, offering services spanning edu...
Anna Zavelson is an Asian American actress who starred as Young Allie in the Broadway musical The Notebook, and is currently acting in an off-Broadway production of Masquerade. She has been acting, singing, and dancing for most of her life, was invol...
John Sopko is Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. He has worked as a prosecutor in Ohio and served in the Senate and House of Representatives conducting investigations. BPR: When you were serving at the Senate, how did yo...
John Sopko is Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. He has worked as a prosecutor in Ohio and served in the Senate and House of Representatives conducting investigations. BPR: When you were serving at the Senate, how did yo...
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. is the New York County District Attorney. As District Attorney, Vance has removed of thousands of illegal firearms from city streets, dismantled 18 violent street gangs in Manhattan, convicted the first few individuals on ...
Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. is the New York County District Attorney. As District Attorney, Vance has removed of thousands of illegal firearms from city streets, dismantled 18 violent street gangs in Manhattan, convicted the first few individuals on ...
John Sculley is the former CEO of Apple Computer, Inc. He began his career at Pepsi-Cola Company, where he became the company’s youngest president and CEO. Sculley is also author of the just release...
John Sculley is the former CEO of Apple Computer, Inc. He began his career at Pepsi-Cola Company, where he became the company’s youngest president and CEO. Sculley is also author of the just release...
Jack Reed (D-RI) is the senior United States Senator from Rhode Island. A decorated veteran, Reed has served in the Senate since 1997. He is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Armed Services and a member of the Senate Ap...
Jack Reed (D-RI) is the senior United States Senator from Rhode Island. A decorated veteran, Reed has served in the Senate since 1997. He is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Armed Services and a member of the Senate Ap...
Gina McCarthy is the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to being nominated for the post by President Obama in 2013, she served as Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation and Commissioner of th...
Gina McCarthy is the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to being nominated for the post by President Obama in 2013, she served as Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation and Commissioner of th...
Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo is a Cuban fiction writer, blogger and photojournalist. Author of five books of fiction, columnist for Diario de Cuba (Madrid), El Nacional (Caracas) and Sampsonia Way Magazine, and the opinion blog Lunes de Post-Revoluci...
Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo is a Cuban fiction writer, blogger and photojournalist. Author of five books of fiction, columnist for Diario de Cuba (Madrid), El Nacional (Caracas) and Sampsonia Way Magazine, and the opinion blog Lunes de Post-Revoluci...
Stephen Kinzer is a veteran New York Times correspondent, author, and academic. He has filed stories from over 50 countries, and served as the chief of the New York Times bureau in Istanbul from 1996-2000. Kinzer is currently a Senior Fel...
Stephen Kinzer is a veteran New York Times correspondent, author, and academic. He has filed stories from over 50 countries, and served as the chief of the New York Times bureau in Istanbul from 1996-2000. Kinzer is currently a Senior Fel...
Stacie Blake is the Director of Government and Community Relations for the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. She has been recognized by the Vermont Legislature with a Joint Resolution of Appreciation for her work with refugees and immigra...
Stacie Blake is the Director of Government and Community Relations for the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants. She has been recognized by the Vermont Legislature with a Joint Resolution of Appreciation for her work with refugees and immigra...
Dr. Sarah Tobin is an anthropologist at The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, with expertise in Islam. Her work explores transformations in religious and economic life, Islamic authority, and normative Islam, ...
Dr. Sarah Tobin is an anthropologist at The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, with expertise in Islam. Her work explores transformations in religious and economic life, Islamic authority, and normative Islam, ...
Ann Ravel is the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission. You have previously described the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as “worse than dysfunctional.” Do you think dysfunction is inherent to its structure, or is the dysfunction a...
Ann Ravel is the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission. You have previously described the Federal Election Commission (FEC) as “worse than dysfunctional.” Do you think dysfunction is inherent to its structure, or is the dysfunction a...
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures, a nonprofit organization that advocates economic localization, particularly in agriculture. In 2011, she co-directed and produced a documentary titled “The Economics of Happiness....
Helena Norberg-Hodge is the founder and director of Local Futures, a nonprofit organization that advocates economic localization, particularly in agriculture. In 2011, she co-directed and produced a documentary titled “The Economics of Happiness....
Photo Credit: Ruth Prieto for Show of Force Nicholas Kristof is an op-ed columnist at The New York Times, where he writes about global humanitarian issues and social injustices. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and written three bestselling book...
Photo Credit: Ruth Prieto for Show of Force Nicholas Kristof is an op-ed columnist at The New York Times, where he writes about global humanitarian issues and social injustices. He has won two Pulitzer Prizes and written three bestselling book...