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...
Just after Hamas attacked Israel a year ago on October 7, Shai Davidai stood on the campus green at Columbia University and read his “Open Letter to Every Parent in America.” In an appeal that has since garnered nearly a quarter of a million view...
Just after Hamas attacked Israel a year ago on October 7, Shai Davidai stood on the campus green at Columbia University and read his “Open Letter to Every Parent in America.” In an appeal that has since garnered nearly a quarter of a million view...
Gloria Gilbert Stoga is the founder of Puppies Behind Bars (PBB), a Manhattan-based organization that partners puppies with incarcerated individuals. These individuals will train and raise the puppies to serve as bomb-sniffers, veteran servicers, and...
Gloria Gilbert Stoga is the founder of Puppies Behind Bars (PBB), a Manhattan-based organization that partners puppies with incarcerated individuals. These individuals will train and raise the puppies to serve as bomb-sniffers, veteran servicers, and...
Bruce Biewald is the Founder and Chief Executive Office of Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. For more than thirty years, Bruce has worked at the intersections of energy economics, climate policy, and electric industry regulation. His analysis has been p...
Bruce Biewald is the Founder and Chief Executive Office of Synapse Energy Economics, Inc. For more than thirty years, Bruce has worked at the intersections of energy economics, climate policy, and electric industry regulation. His analysis has been p...
Polarization defines America’s political landscape today. Political vitriol, talking past one another, and an outright lack of respect for different viewpoints permeates the air. BPR sat down with Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas—two political consultan...
Polarization defines America’s political landscape today. Political vitriol, talking past one another, and an outright lack of respect for different viewpoints permeates the air. BPR sat down with Celinda Lake and Ed Goeas—two political consultan...
Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the Congresswoman from DC since 1991, and along with working on a variety of congressional committees, she has always considered DC statehood of utmost importance. The Congresswoman continues to fight for democracy and ...
Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the Congresswoman from DC since 1991, and along with working on a variety of congressional committees, she has always considered DC statehood of utmost importance. The Congresswoman continues to fight for democracy and ...
Logan Powell is the Associate Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admission at Brown University. He is responsible for the recruitment and selection of all undergraduates seeking entrance to Brown. Prior to joining Brown, Powell worked as the Director...
Logan Powell is the Associate Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admission at Brown University. He is responsible for the recruitment and selection of all undergraduates seeking entrance to Brown. Prior to joining Brown, Powell worked as the Director...
Edward Sanders is the Chief Operating Officer at Equatic, a company that invented a method of atmospheric carbon dioxide removal using electrolysis. Mr. Sanders is an economist at heart; he received an economics degree from Melbourne University and a...
Edward Sanders is the Chief Operating Officer at Equatic, a company that invented a method of atmospheric carbon dioxide removal using electrolysis. Mr. Sanders is an economist at heart; he received an economics degree from Melbourne University and a...
Robinson Meyer is an award-winning journalist who currently works as the Executive Editor of Heatmap, a media company focused on climate change. Prior to founding Heatmap, Robinson covered climate change, energy, and technology for The Atlantic and T...
Robinson Meyer is an award-winning journalist who currently works as the Executive Editor of Heatmap, a media company focused on climate change. Prior to founding Heatmap, Robinson covered climate change, energy, and technology for The Atlantic and T...
Peter Kornbluh is a senior analyst at the National Security Archive and director of the Archive’s Cuba and Chile documentation projects, having previously served as director of the Iran-Contra and Nicaragua projects. He has written several books, i...
Peter Kornbluh is a senior analyst at the National Security Archive and director of the Archive’s Cuba and Chile documentation projects, having previously served as director of the Iran-Contra and Nicaragua projects. He has written several books, i...
Maru Mora-Villalpando is an immigration activist with the group La Resistencia, working to improve the conditions at immigration detention centers and stop deportations. After years of leading high-profile protests to defend immigrants in the Northwe...
Maru Mora-Villalpando is an immigration activist with the group La Resistencia, working to improve the conditions at immigration detention centers and stop deportations. After years of leading high-profile protests to defend immigrants in the Northwe...
Her name may not be Beth Harmon, but like the fictional heroine of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Anna Cramling Bellon is taking on the traditionally male-dominated world of chess and paving her own unique path to success. Known as Anna Cramling a...
Her name may not be Beth Harmon, but like the fictional heroine of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Anna Cramling Bellon is taking on the traditionally male-dominated world of chess and paving her own unique path to success. Known as Anna Cramling a...
Jean-Pierre Aubry is the Associate Director of State and Local Research at the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College. He oversees and conducts research and data collection, develops new analytic techniques for evaluating retirement b...
Jean-Pierre Aubry is the Associate Director of State and Local Research at the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College. He oversees and conducts research and data collection, develops new analytic techniques for evaluating retirement b...