Ask the Expert:
Interviews with top academics and policymakers.
Talking Race in America
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2010, race remains a complicated and tense issue in America. One person who knows about that is Carmen Van Kerckhove, founder of the blog Racalicious.
By Kim Leung, January 18, 2010
The Looting Lie
In the wake of Haiti’s earthquake, the media is widely reporting stories of looting. Didn’t they learn anything after Hurricane Katrina?
By Cord Jefferson, January 15, 2010
'Toon Man
Jen Sorensen speaks with preeminent political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow about the past, the present, and the precarious future.
By Jen Sorensen, October 29, 2009
My Own Personal Jefferson
New York Times blogger Maria Kalman discusses the process of creating her illustrations that blend American history with her own personal history.
By Emily Rutherford, September 22, 2009
Ask the Expert: Elizabeth Gore
The director of global partnerships at the United Nations foundations talks about the new campaign to help girls, the challenges of international development, and why young people should work in humanitarian aid.
By Lauren Yingling, September 10, 2009
The Man Behind Health Care Reform
Jacob Hacker talks with Campus Progress about ideological battles, why health care isn’t our only worry, and how academics should engage in the political debate.
By Matt Zeitlin, August 11, 2009
Ask the Expert: Health Policy Wonk Harold Pollack
This policy wonk discusses the barriers to health care reform and weather health care reform will actually make you healthier.
By Daniel Strauss, July 24, 2009
Ask the Expert: Anti-Coal Activist Elisa Young
Why she is fighting the opening of more dirty power plants in Ohio.
By Jake Blumgart, March 22, 2009
From the Frontlines
An Iraq war veteran talks about how the G.I. Bill doesn’t stretch far enough, his experience in Iraq, and his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.
By Sayeda Fazel, October 7, 2008
Outlaws: Andrew Edwards and Jeff Fontas
The youngest legislators in the country talk about new media’s role in democracy, legislating with the “grown ups,” and if they plan on running again.
By Natalie Ondiak, September 22, 2008
In Need of Home and Country
An expert from Refugees International explains how we can help displaced Iraqis.
By Aaron Ludensky, August 11, 2008
Redefining "Pro-Israel"
A new group called J Street wants to loosen the right-wing stranglehold on Israel advocacy. Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami explains how it will get the job done.
By Justin Elliott , April 30, 2008
Our Dangerous Decider
Pulitzer Prize winner Charlie Savage on the problems with unchecked presidential power.
By Jesse Singal, Campus Progress, November 7, 2007
Ask the Afghan Ambassador
Said Tayeb Jawad answers your questions on the U.S. presence in Afghanistan, drug trafficking, and why we can’t find Osama bin Laden.
By Thomas Coen, Campus Progress, October 31, 2007
Fair Trade
Fair Trade products are giving workers a greater share of the profits.
By Graham Webster, June 7, 2007
Ask the Expert: Fair Trade
Fair Trade products are giving workers a greater share of the profits.
Ask the Expert, Graham Webster, Jun. 7, 2007
Ask the Expert: Sprawl
Why sensible land use planning is essential for colleges and communities.
Ben Adler, Mar. 6, 2007
Ask The Expert: Facing Iran
U.S. Policy on Iran and nuclear proliferation.
Graham Webster, Dec. 1, 2006
North Korea’s Nuclear Test
A progressive response to North Korea’s actions.
Graham Webster, Oct. 12, 2006
Dangerously Lacking in Diversity
Dr. Susan Rice, one of the most accomplished African-American women in foreign policy, on why there aren’t enough people following in her footsteps and what we can do about it.
Dec. 14, 2005
Iranian Student Movements
Kenneth Pollack, the man who advised Presidents Clinton and Bush on the Gulf, gives you the lowdown about activism on Iran’s campuses.
Kenneth Pollack, Apr. 18, 2005
Censor Sensibility
Student journalists face intimidation, stonewalling and censorship on campus. Political correspondent and writer Christopher Hayes helps you know your rights.
Christopher Hayes, Apr. 5, 2005
How to Ditch Your Political Malaise
Our experts from the Progress Report spotlight three issues to get the kids excited again: intellectual freedom, media manipulation, and judicial nominees.
Mar. 3, 2005
North Korea
P.J. Crowley breaks it down on bilateral talks.
P.J. Crowley, Feb. 17, 2005
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