As a toddler in Kuwait, Rana el Kaliouby was surrounded by technology. “My dad had one of the first video recorders,” el Kaliouby said. “I
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Routine is important to Nicholas Thompson. Thompson At 6 a.m., even in the midst of a global pandemic, he wakes before anyone else in his
Aaron Bryant, curator of photography and visual culture at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will never forget the first time he
Fifty years ago when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, he wanted to create an organization that acted in the public interest. “Time
How will the conflicts of our time be reflected in history books 10 years from now? What about 30? Bryant What signs, symbols, texts or
Rose Systemic racism has existed in the United States since the country’s founding, and yet, just five years ago, Tricia Rose found that the term
PBS President Paula Kerger to discuss new project, the redefining of what is means to be an American
Kerger Lin-Manuel Miranda ended his esteemed musical Hamilton with “Who lives, Who dies, Who tells your story?" For Paula Kerger, that series of questions is
Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, Discusses the Arts, Social Justice and Philanthropy
Art may seem useless when society itself is going through great change, especially in the midst of a worldwide pandemic that has killed 138,000 Americans,
Born in 1960s’ Harlem and raised in the Bronx, Tricia Rose said her acute awareness of the inequality she saw in reality played out every
With $600 million, one person can buy 198,675,496 meals. Or, they could attend a public, in-state college for 13,636 years. They could purchase 17,647 brand-new
Smith Anna Deavere Smith believes in not casting people aside, especially when it comes to students in the nation’s public schools. “A lot of things
The song of American urbanization is played on an accordion, “in and out, in and out,” said Derek Thompson, senior writer at The Atlantic. “Americans
Uncle Sam is a meme, “an idea, that's sort of like a piece of DNA,” said Joan Donovan. “It gets transmitted, usually through people, but
Thompson For Derek Thompson, landing a job at The Atlantic was “like winning the lottery. I was so lucky, and remain lucky. The Atlantic is
The greatest abolitionist believed in the power of images, leading a descendant of slaves to believe in the power of imagery in motion. Even though
When the Senate investigated decades of work from the FBI and CIA in 1976, they found that these agencies looked into more than half a