The Dark Side of American Liberty
A British Social Anthropologist Assesses America Dr. Tristram Riley-Smith holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University. He works as a civil servant in London, and is the author of The Cracked Bell, which is reviewed in...
The Business of Governing in Nigeria
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola Babatunde Raji Fashola has been the Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria, since 2007. Previously he was Chief of Staff to his predecessor as Governor and a member of various state councils and boards. HPR:...
Getting the Word Out
Changing the Way America Communicates with the World M.C. Andrews was Special Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Global...
A New Day for Labor
President of the AFL-CIO Richard Trumka HPR: Have recent divisions in the labor community hampered labor’s ability to wield influence in Washington? Richard...
Tea’d Off
Tea Party Supporter and Media Critic Andrew Breitbart Andrew Breitbart is a conservative political commentator and the founder of an online media empire:...
Working for Workers
Former AFL-CIO and SEIU President John Sweeney John Sweeney was president of the AFL-CIO from 1995 to 2009, and is currently a fellow at Harvard’s...
Teaching the Teachers
Teach for America’s founder talks about education in America Wendy Kopp is the founder and president of Teach for America, the national non-profit teaching...
The Real World
Professor Stephen Walt on Israel, Japan, Mexico, and realism Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Rene Belfer Professsor of International Relations at Harvard...
America’s Military in Flux
Journalist Thomas Ricks assesses America’s armed forces Tom Ricks is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of Fiasco,...
Aid with Dignity
Jo Luck is President and CEO of Heifer Project International, a position she has held since 1992. Heifer, founded in 1944 and based out of Little Rock, Arkansas,...

