Interviews

Sarah Gideon is a two-term speaker of the main house representatives and a Democratic nominee for the US Senate. Gideon today remains dedicated to improving access to education, health care and economic opportunity by continuing her work to lift families out of poverty.

Holly Kuzmich currently serves as the Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute. She oversees the strategy and management of the Institute, an action-oriented policy organization that strives to create opportunity and strengthen our democracy.

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.

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

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."