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Thomas Friedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning weekly columnist for The New York Times, focusing on foreign affairs, the Middle East, globalization, and environmental issues. He is the author of seven bestselling books, including The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization; The World Is Flat: A Brief History of theTwenty-first Century; and the winner of the National Book Award, From Bei...

Timothy Naftali is associate clinical professor of history and public service at NYU. He was the founding director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum where he curated its nationally acclaimed exhibit on Watergate, and founding director of the Presidential Recording Project at the Miller Center of Public Affairs. An award-winning author, his writings focus on national security, in...

Gene Robinson is a retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. In 2003, he received national attention as the first priest in an openly gay relationship to be consecrated a bishop in a major Christian denomination. Since his retirement in 2013, he has served as a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, speaking and writing on the issues of race, poverty, immigration reform...

Glennon Doyle Melton is the founder of the online community Momastery, which draws hundreds of thousands of readers daily to her writings on marriage, motherhood, faith, addiction, and recovery. She is the author of The New York Times bestselling book Carry On, Warrior, and the newly released memoir, Love Warrior. In her books and blog posts, she shares poignant and candid observations about life’...

Rodian Shchedrin - 10/31/91 by westminsterforum

Michael Dorris - 12/03/92 by westminsterforum

Julian Bond - 01/01/91 by westminsterforum

Jessie Allen - 04/02/93 by westminsterforum

Faith Daniels - 07/11/92 by westminsterforum

Eddie Glaude Jr. is the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University and Chair of the Department of African American Studies. He is the author of the award-winning book In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America and co-editor with Cornel West of African American Religious Thought: An Anthology. His latest book is Democracy in Black...

Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The Annenberg Center runs FactCheck, which is committed to examining the accuracy of U. S. political campaign advertisements. She is the author or co-author of fifteen books, including Preside...

Jacob Hacker is a professor of political science at Yale University and Director of the Institution for Social and Policy Studies. He is co-author of the bestselling book Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class. He is a developer of the Economic Security Index (ESI), which measures the share of Americans who experience at least a 25 per...

E.J. Dionne writes a twice-weekly column on politics for The Washington Post. He is a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a professor of government at Georgetown University, and a commentator on politics for NPR, PBS, ABC, NBC, and MSNBC. He is the author of six books, including Our Divided Political Heart and Why Americans Hate Politics, which won the Los Angeles Tim...

Senator Timothy Wirth was elected to the United States Senate from Colorado in 1986. Prior to that, he served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives where he led efforts that changed American telecommunications policy. He is the author of the major Senate legislation addressing the issue of global warming and has been a leading spokesman for stronger federal clean air laws. An avid outdoor...

Studs Terkel is a prize-winning author and broadcast personality. He began his career in Chicago where he worked with the WPA Writers Project in the radio division. In his early years on the radio, he featured music ranging from folk to opera to jazz. Over the years, his programs evolved into an interview format, including his award-winning show, The Studs Terkel Program. His first book, Giants of...

Russell Peterson - Ecological Justice - 05/13/82 by westminsterforum

Ralph Mero & Joseph R. Stanton - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides - 09/21/89 by westminsterforum

Lynn Yeakel - Women As Leaders - 09/30/93 by westminsterforum

Lisbeth Schorr is a lecturer in Social Medicine and Health Policy at Harvard Medical School and a member of the Harvard University Working Group on Early Life. With her husband, journalist Daniel Schorr, she co-authored Within Our Reach, an analysis of effective social policies and programs aimed at breaking the cycle of inter-generational poverty, which threatens to create a permanent American un...

Leonard Silk is the economics columnist for The New York Times. Prior to joining the newspaper, he was the economics editor and editorial page editor for Business Week. He is a five-time recipient of the prestigious Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. His 1978 book, Economics in Plain English, has been updated and revised for release again this year.

Joseph Rossillon - National Water Crisis: How It Affects The Individual - 08/23/87 by westminsterforum

Elie Wiesel - Why Hate - 11/17/83 by westminsterforum

Dr Martin E. Marty - The Larger Vision In American Religion - 05/29/82 by westminsterforum

Betty Rollin - My Mother's Last Wish - 10/14/93 by westminsterforum

Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., is a distinguished historian and writer. His first-hand experience with world politics as Special Assistant to President John F. Kennedy has given him a rich perspective on the subject of world power. He currently holds the position of Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities at The City University of New York. He received the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1946 and for bi...