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Sayu Bhojwani
Immigrant voices make democracy stronger
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Oct 2016
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13:33
Eric Liu
There's no such thing as not voting
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Sep 2016
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18:16
Jonathan Tepperman
The risky politics of progress
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Sep 2016
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16:37
Anand Giridharadas
A letter to all who have lost in this era
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Aug 2016
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17:22
Alexander Betts
Why Brexit happened — and what to do next
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Jul 2016
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16:56
Hugh Evans
What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?
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Apr 2016
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20:34
Parag Khanna
How megacities are changing the map of the world
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Apr 2016
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14:22
Siyanda Mohutsiwa
How young Africans found a voice on Twitter
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Mar 2016
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14:14
Arthur Brooks
A conservative's plea: Let's work together
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Mar 2016
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19:51
Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism will eat democracy — unless we speak up
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Jan 2016
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13:34
Wael Ghonim
Let's design social media that drives real change
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Jan 2016
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12:56
Mathias Jud
Art that lets you talk back to NSA spies
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Oct 2015
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21:47
Mary Robinson
Why climate change is a threat to human rights
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Sep 2015
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18:00
David Rothkopf
How fear drives American politics
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Sep 2015
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5:38
Benedetta Berti
The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power
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Aug 2015
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12:32
Suki Kim
This is what it's like to go undercover in North Korea
Posted
Jun 2015
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20:01
Kevin Rudd
Are China and the US doomed to conflict?
Posted
Apr 2015
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15:16
Tasso Azevedo
Hopeful lessons from the battle to save rainforests
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Jan 2015
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13:35
Bruno Torturra
Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting
Posted
Dec 2014
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15:15
Alessandra Orofino
It’s our city. Let’s fix it
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Nov 2014
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15:08
Jeremy Heimans
What new power looks like
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Oct 2014
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13:24
Pia Mancini
How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era
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Oct 2014
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17:15
Eric Liu
Why ordinary people need to understand power
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Aug 2014
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15:58
George Takei
Why I love a country that once betrayed me
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Jul 2014
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4:33
Will Potter
The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest
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Jun 2014
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13:44
Lawrence Lessig
The unstoppable walk to political reform
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Apr 2014
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10:41
David Puttnam
Does the media have a "duty of care"?
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Feb 2014
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5:59
Sally Kohn
Let’s try emotional correctness
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Dec 2013
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16:23
Dambisa Moyo
Is China the new idol for emerging economies?
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Nov 2013
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10:45
Trita Parsi
Iran and Israel: Peace is possible
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Oct 2013
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18:05
Benjamin Barber
Why mayors should rule the world
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Sep 2013
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20:37
Eric X. Li
A tale of two political systems
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Jul 2013
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20:06
George Papandreou
Imagine a European democracy without borders
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Jun 2013
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18:19
Lawrence Lessig
We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim
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Apr 2013
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9:48
Zahra' Langhi
Why Libya's revolution didn't work — and what might
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Feb 2013
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20:01
Jonathan Haidt
How common threats can make common (political) ground
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Jan 2013
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Persuasive, Informative
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