[00:00:00]When I think back on my quite long career in the world of academia, in government, and in public service, there was one occasion where I had a major fall from grace, and it had to do with the reaction of the person who succeeded Nelson Mand...
Foreword by Jennifer Galvin[00:00:00]It’s easy to think about history as something finished, a completed story. Decisions were made. Chapters closed. Lessons were learned. But then there are moments when history doesn’t feel finished at all. And ...
[00:00:00]The moment when South Africa became a democratic society in 1994 and Nelson Mandela became president, it was a moment of extraordinary joy, if you can imagine that. That sort of freedom at last. [Archival news clip]: Nelson Mandela: T...
As an election cycle rolls on, polls from some of the nation’s most elite universities indicate a strong lean to the left, although slightly less strong than was the case in 2008. And while there’s no question that many Ivy Leaguers will cast a b...
As an election cycle rolls on, polls from some of the nation’s most elite universities indicate a strong lean to the left, although slightly less strong than was the case in 2008. And while there’s no question that many Ivy Leaguers will cast a b...
The debate. Candidates’ final chance to make pitches. The make-or-break moment to revive campaigns. A bad performance that loses the election. Debates are an important part of our American democracy. We watch platforms and visions unfold and decide...
The debate. Candidates’ final chance to make pitches. The make-or-break moment to revive campaigns. A bad performance that loses the election. Debates are an important part of our American democracy. We watch platforms and visions unfold and decide...
With a greater chunk of non English-speaking voters headed to the polls in swing states next month than ever before in American electoral history, language has become a dealbreaker on the campaign trail. 2012 presents an array of challenges to the ta...
With a greater chunk of non English-speaking voters headed to the polls in swing states next month than ever before in American electoral history, language has become a dealbreaker on the campaign trail. 2012 presents an array of challenges to the ta...
As a child growing up in South India I was often told by my South Indian nanny to stay out of the Sun. “Or else you’ll be black like me and you will have to work as a maid”, she would tell me. The origins of fairness traced back to the advent o...
As a child growing up in South India I was often told by my South Indian nanny to stay out of the Sun. “Or else you’ll be black like me and you will have to work as a maid”, she would tell me. The origins of fairness traced back to the advent o...
No President since FDR has ever been reelected with an unemployment rate above 7.2%. Period. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August that the unemployment rate is 8.1%, about where it has been since the beginning of the year. What ...
No President since FDR has ever been reelected with an unemployment rate above 7.2%. Period. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August that the unemployment rate is 8.1%, about where it has been since the beginning of the year. What ...
What do a black Mormon mayor in Utah and a gay real estate broker from the Boston suburbs have in common? This year, they’re both fighting for coveted seats in the U.S. Congress – as loud and proud members of the G.O.P. In a party whose national ...
What do a black Mormon mayor in Utah and a gay real estate broker from the Boston suburbs have in common? This year, they’re both fighting for coveted seats in the U.S. Congress – as loud and proud members of the G.O.P. In a party whose national ...