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Maggie Haberman: Politics, Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Who is Donald Trump? In her highly anticipated new book, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, the Pulitzer Prize-w…
3 years, 9 months ago
Humankindness and Health Justice: Social Justice as a Form of Health Justice
Over the last several years, the COVID-19 global pandemic has helped illustrate to the nation that we are only as healthy as those who are most vulne…
3 years, 9 months ago
Adam Hochschild: American Midnight
Adam Hochschild returns to The Commonwealth Club with his revelatory new account of a pivotal but neglected period in American history: World War I a…
3 years, 9 months ago
Fishbowls, Fentanyl Test Strips, Patient Navigators: One Hospital's Team-Based Response to the Overdose Epidemic
Last year, drug-related overdoses killed more people than COVID-19 in San Francisco, and Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the Tend…
3 years, 9 months ago
Not too Old for That!
Women are breaking through the tired and hurtful stereotypes of aging to better reflect who they are, how they live, and what they want as they age.
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3 years, 9 months ago
Jessi Hempel: The Family Outing
Join us for an online conversation with the author of a striking and remarkable literary memoir about one family’s transformation, with almost all of…
3 years, 9 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: Two Hemispheres, One Story: Reporting on Rising Seas
Twenty of the world’s richest countries – mostly in the Global North – are responsible for 80 percent of the carbon pollution that’s driving extreme …
3 years, 9 months ago
Chris Miller: Chip War and the Battle Between the United States and China
From microwaves to missiles, smartphones to the stock market, our world is increasingly dependent on microchip technology. According to Chris Miller,…
3 years, 9 months ago
Brewster Kahle: Public Libraries and American Democracy
Since 18th century and pre-Constitution America, libraries have been a public space, a central repository where books could be borrowed, read and ret…
3 years, 9 months ago
Jeffrey Dahmer and the Deadly Legacy of Race and Homophobia
The new Netflix miniseries Dahmer—Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is one of the streaming service's most popular hits all around the world, telling…
3 years, 9 months ago