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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...

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....

BPR Interviews: Helena Norberg-Hodge

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...

BPR Interviews: Nicholas Kristof

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...

Davis Guggenheim ‘86 is a documentary filmmaker. He is best known for “An Inconvenient Truth,” “It Might Get Loud,” and “Waiting for ‘Superman.’” Guggenheim’s latest film, “He Named Me Malala,” was released this ye...

BPR Interviews: Davis Guggenheim

Davis Guggenheim ‘86 is a documentary filmmaker. He is best known for “An Inconvenient Truth,” “It Might Get Loud,” and “Waiting for ‘Superman.’” Guggenheim’s latest film, “He Named Me Malala,” was released this ye...

Dr. Peter Gleick is the President and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, which seeks solutions to the world’s water challenges. Dr. Gleick is a MacArthur Genius Fellow and was named “a visionary on the environment” by the BBC. He is the...

BPR Interviews: Peter Gleick

Dr. Peter Gleick is the President and co-founder of the Pacific Institute, which seeks solutions to the world’s water challenges. Dr. Gleick is a MacArthur Genius Fellow and was named “a visionary on the environment” by the BBC. He is the...

Margaret Cho, a comedian and three-time Grammy Award winner, has worked in multiple creative industries, including film, television, writing, music, and theater. She is also known for charitable work on gay rights, anti-bullying campaigns, and hom...

BPR Interviews: Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho, a comedian and three-time Grammy Award winner, has worked in multiple creative industries, including film, television, writing, music, and theater. She is also known for charitable work on gay rights, anti-bullying campaigns, and hom...

John Hudak is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is an expert in campaigns, elections and presidential power. He is the Managing Editor of the FixGov blog and the author of “Presidential Pork.” Brown Political Review:...

BPR Interviews: John Hudak

John Hudak is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is an expert in campaigns, elections and presidential power. He is the Managing Editor of the FixGov blog and the author of “Presidential Pork.” Brown Political Review:...