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Congressman Elijah Cummings has represented the 7th District of Maryland since 1996. A former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, he is currently the ranking Democratic member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. You titled y...

BPR Interviews: Elijah Cummings

Congressman Elijah Cummings has represented the 7th District of Maryland since 1996. A former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, he is currently the ranking Democratic member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. You titled y...

Cecile Richards is the President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Before joining Planned Parenthood, Ms. Richards served as Deputy Chief of Staff for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Did you...

BPR Interviews: Cecile Richards

Cecile Richards is the President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Before joining Planned Parenthood, Ms. Richards served as Deputy Chief of Staff for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. Did you...

Jennicet Gutiérrez is a transgender Latina activist and organizer with Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement. She gained national attention after interrupting President Obama’s speech at an LGBT pride event hosted by the White House. BPR: What ...

BPR Interviews: Jennicet Gutiérrez

Jennicet Gutiérrez is a transgender Latina activist and organizer with Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement. She gained national attention after interrupting President Obama’s speech at an LGBT pride event hosted by the White House. BPR: What ...

Jane Ward is an associate professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California, Riverside, where she teaches courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. Her most recent book, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, i...

BPR Interviews: Jane Ward

Jane Ward is an associate professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California, Riverside, where she teaches courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. Her most recent book, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, i...

Regan Hofmann is a HIV-positive woman and an internationally recognized authority on HIV/AIDS. She is currently the Policy Officer for the Washington Liaison Office of UNAIDS and serves on the board of amfAR (the Foundation for AIDS Research). She wa...

BPR Interviews: Regan Hofmann

Regan Hofmann is a HIV-positive woman and an internationally recognized authority on HIV/AIDS. She is currently the Policy Officer for the Washington Liaison Office of UNAIDS and serves on the board of amfAR (the Foundation for AIDS Research). She wa...

Bill Keller is the editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization focused on the American criminal justice system. Keller won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of the Soviet Union and previously served as Executiv...

BPR Interviews: Bill Keller

Bill Keller is the editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization focused on the American criminal justice system. Keller won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the fall of the Soviet Union and previously served as Executiv...

Haben Girma is an attorney and disability rights advocate. She was the first deafblind student to graduate from Harvard Law School and recently introduced President Barack Obama at the White House’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Americ...

BPR Interviews: Haben Girma

Haben Girma is an attorney and disability rights advocate. She was the first deafblind student to graduate from Harvard Law School and recently introduced President Barack Obama at the White House’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Americ...

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...

BPR Interviews: John Sopko

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 ...

BPR Interviews: Cyrus Vance

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 ...

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...

BPR Interviews: Jack Reed

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...

BPR Interviews: Gina McCarthy

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...

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...

BPR Interviews: Ann Ravel

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...