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Neda Toloui-Semnani—They Said They Wanted Revolution: The Memoir of My Iranian Parents
Neda Toloui-Semnani is the daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Her parents left the United States in 1979 to join the revolution in Iran—a decisio…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Reshma Saujani: Confronting the "Big Lie" of Corporate Feminism
Women have been sold a mistruth—roll up your sleeves, smash the glass ceiling, and you too can have it all. Critics say the unspoken realities in this agreement are that many women must also do the m…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Jeff Yang, Phil Yu and Philip Wang: Rise—A Pop History of Asian America
When the Hart-Celler Act passed in 1965, opening up U.S. immigration to non-Europeans, it ushered in a whole new era. But even to the first generation of Asian Americans born in the United States aft…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
A History of Wiretapping in the United States
Our privacy was not first invaded by J. Edgar Hoover. They’ve been listening in for far longer than that. Wiretapping is nearly as old as electronic communications. Telegraph operators intercepted en…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: Playing With Fire: Russia, Ukraine and the Geopolitics of Energy
The IPCC released its latest report the same day as the U.S. Supreme Court heard the most environmentally significant case in a decade, all while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has rattled global energ…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Chocolate and the Future
The distinguished panel of expert participants represent many of the different facets of the chocolate industry. They will discuss where the industry is today and how it can move into the future as a…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy
The January 6 attack on Congress as it met to certify Joe Biden's presidential victory is a day that will live on in infamy, yet for Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin, this was just the next in a seq…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Dr. Albert Bourla: Pfizer Chairman and CEO
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, one truth continues to be proven time and time again: the vaccine is saving lives, and to Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla, it was the product of one of the most incre…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
Jimmy Soni: The Inside Story of PayPal
How much do we know about the apps that we use daily? In the case of PayPal, relatively few know the early story of the now-behemoth. Its precarious origins—coming about in the limitless, tumultuous …
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago
CLIMATE ONE: Turning Air into Stone: Tech-Based Carbon Removal
It has been 3 million years since there’s been this much CO2 in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all burning of fossil fuels today, humans have already emitted enough CO2 that we’ll continue experienc…
Published on 3 years, 9 months ago