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Joan Williams: How the Left Lost the Working Class
The moving force behind biasinterrupters.org (an evidence-based metrics-driven approach to eradicating implicit bias) brings her perspective to bear …
1 year, 1 month ago
Ed Helms: The History of SNAFUs (EXPLICIT)
During the Second World War, members of the United States Marine Corps coined a sarcastic acronym to explain a state of chaos and confusion: SNAFU, o…
1 year, 1 month ago
John Sullivan: From the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West
Three years ago, Russian troops and tanks invaded Ukraine and started the largest land war in Europe since World War II. And like the Second World Wa…
1 year, 2 months ago
I’m Walkin’ Here! A Report Card on Congestion Pricing
In January, congestion pricing went into effect in New York City. The policy’s implementation took decades; along the way, multiple moments suggested…
1 year, 2 months ago
Science Friday and The Future of Science Reporting
Radio and TV journalist Ira Flatow produced his first science stories back in 1970 during the inaugural Earth Day. Since then, he has worked for Emmy…
1 year, 2 months ago
Patrick McGee: Apple in China (EXPLICIT)
What happens when one of the world’s most powerful companies finds itself caught between two superpowers? And what does it mean for the broader tech …
1 year, 2 months ago
Leah Litman: Disorder in the Court
Something is deeply rotten at the Supreme Court, says Leah Litman, an attorney and law professor at the University of Michigan. How did we get here a…
1 year, 2 months ago
A New Era of Philanthropy: A Conversation with Dimple Abichandani and Tegan Acton (EXPLICIT)
On the cusp of the greatest wealth transfer in history—with $124 trillion moving between generations in the next 20 years—we explore how philanthropy…
1 year, 2 months ago
HIV/AIDS: Honoring the Past, Taking Action Now
Commonwealth Club World Affairs presents an important program on the history and current state of HIV/AIDS.
Panel 1: 4:30–5:30 "Honoring Our History,…
1 year, 2 months ago
Chris Hughes with Sen. Scott Wiener: The 100-Year Struggle to Shape the American Economy
Join us for an unexpected history of the rise of American capitalism—and an argument that entrepreneurial leaders in government, not the “free market…
1 year, 2 months ago