Q&A
Q&A features interviews with writers, economists, social scientists, activists and other big thinkers with important perspectives on issues affecting our democracy.
- June 5, 2013The CEO of Wider Opportunities for Women talks about challenges and opportunities for states to crucially improve the economic security of their residents.
- May 18, 2013The director of the Center for Science and Democracy explains how industries undermine scientific research, and new challenges facing scientists in the digital age.
- April 26, 2013Robert Greenwald's new film "War on Whistleblowers" tells the story of four Americans who each paid a heavy price for exposing abuses of power.
- April 25, 2013Professor Gabriella Coleman answers our questions about Anonymous, hackers, civil disobedience and the future of protest in cyberspace.
- April 23, 2013New reports on the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, reveal more about the funding of meetings between state legislators and corporate lobbyists.
- April 5, 2013Joel Berg of the Coalition Against Hunger explains what it means to be "food insecure" and how to fight hunger in America.
- March 22, 2013We talk with the filmmakers of Shift Change about the value of American worker cooperatives and what other workplaces can learn from them.
- March 22, 2013Economist Simon Johnson says implementation of the act's Wall Street reforms is "painfully slow" and that our financial system remains at risk.
- March 19, 2013Author Alex Steffen explains the technology and design innovations that could "transform our cities into low-carbon engines of prosperity."
- March 14, 2013Sunlight Foundation Executive Director Ellen Miller updates us on what's on the horizon in terms of government transparency and open data.