Interviews

South Asians are not just racial minorities — they are also members of classes, castes, and genders. Sometimes it's far more convenient to think in terms of one's own disadvantage than it is to contend with advantage.

Sarah L. Kaufman is the Pulitzer Prize-winning chief dance critic and senior arts writer for The Washington Post.

Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.  He is also a best-selling author of over a dozen books, including How...

Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett is the Vice Chair of Primary Care Innovation and Transformation and the Program Director in the Department of Family Medicine...

I think what Biden basically concluded, as far as I can tell, is that he doesn't think that US military presence has or can turn Afghanistan into a stable democracy. So therefore you have a choice: you can either stay indefinitely and prop up the government and the security forces or you can leave.

In conversation with Kara Swisher on technology companies, their unchecked power, leadership at large, and what’s been on her mind recently.

"Some people look at Trump as the voice they’ve never had in Washington. They look at him as someone who will fight for them, and they look at him as someone who won’t go along with the status quo in Washington. Is that the way I would do it? No. But that’s the way he does it, and his supporters appreciate it."

"In the future, we will need to make the case — and this will be up to your generation — why normal Americans should care about what’s happening in Syria, China, Hong Kong, or wherever. The world is interconnected, and we’ve got people in almost every city in the United States that either import items from other countries or sell goods to other countries. And so people have to understand that we are interconnected —  and that is a good thing."

" For the Latinx community, which is very diverse both in thoughts and ideas, it’s making sure that whoever is representing the nation understands that the Latinx community is here to stay. And if we use our full political power, then neither of the two predominant political affiliations will be able to ignore us."

"Part of what we have to do is further democratize media, ensuring that progressive marginalized voices are more and more at the forefront. That means having more hosts, producers, writers, and content creators who not only reflect the backgrounds that we come from, but reflect the values of a more just world."