Politics

Karen Abbott (the “pioneer of sizzle history,” according to USA Today) is the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City, American Rose, and Liar,...

Ken Adelman served as the U.S. Arms Control Director for President Ronald Reagan and accompanied him on three superpower summits with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev,...

Kate Andersen Brower has covered the White House for Bloomberg News and Businessweek. As part of the White House press corps, Brower traveled across the United States...

Michael Bar-Zohar is a writer, public speaker, and former lawmaker. Author of many novels and books of non-fiction, he was a Member of the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament,...

Scott Bittle leads public issue analysis at Public Agenda, including both its highly regarded opinion research reports and PublicAgenda.org, which has been twice nominated...

Walter R. Borneman may be best-known in Colorado's mountains as the co-author of A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, the history and standard routes of Colorado's...

Andrew Bridge spent 11 years in the Los Angeles County foster care system and went on to earn a scholarship to Wesleyan, become a Fulbright Scholar, and graduate from...

Dr. Douglas Brinkley has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “America’s new past master,” and the late Stephen E. Ambrose called him “the best of the new generation...

"Stuffed highlights intelligent success stories." -- Newsweek "Thought provoking...will certainly get people talking and thinking." -- Forbes "Cardello's ideas may...

During her 25-year career of producing television, Lorie Conway has been the recipient of many national awards. Her most recent film, Forgotten Ellis Island (narrated...

Anderson Cooper anchors Anderson Cooper 360°, an unconventional, wide-ranging news program airing on CNN/U.S. weeknights. Cooper, who joined CNN in December 2001, served...

One of our most distinguished historians, Robert Dallek is the author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, which was a number one New York Times best-seller....

Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life....

Professor and scholar specializing in modern American political and intellectual history, Ellen Fitzpatrick is the author and editor of seven books, including the New...

Lucinda Franks, the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting, is a reporter and author whose career has spanned over three decades. She has covered...

"James Geary spoke at our TEDGlobal 2009 conference in Oxford, and then again at a smaller TEDSalon in London in April 2010, and both times he captivated the audience...

"[John Gibson is] a courageous, spunky, resilient journalist who spends his time loving America." -- National Review John Gibson is a best-selling conservative author...

Paula Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, where she also serves as editor of the scholarly journal, Meridians:...