Michael Dukakis served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and 1983–1991, making him the longest serving Governor in the state’s history. He was also the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. Dukakis attended Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School, and also…
Andrei Cherny, who previously served as Chair of the Arizona Democratic Party and Arizona Assistant Attorney General, is running for Congress in Arizona’s 9th Congressional District. He is the co-founder and president of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, as well…
The Politic sits down to discuss politics and policy with the Republican power broker, former Governor and possible Vice Presidential nominee. Conducted by Jane Darby Menton The Politic: What do you think was the most important piece of legislation you…
Brian Schweitzer, a rancher, was elected governor of Montana in 2004. A Democrat in a Republican-leaning state, Schweitzer was re-elected in 2008 with 66 percent of the vote and, now in the final year of his second term, he…
An Outlier’s Opinion Malcolm Gladwell is a journalist and bestselling author. A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996, he has also written four New York Times Bestsellers, The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw. The Politic:…
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Since 2006, he has hosted the educational science television show NOVA scienceNow on PBS….
Fighting Money Machines and Dirty Politics Bill Burton is a senior strategist at Priorities USA, a political organization, and Priorities USA Action, a PAC, both of which support President Barack Obama’s reelection bid. He served as the White House Deputy Press…
Public Service at Yale Howard Dean (Yale Class of 1971) is an American politician and physician from Vermont. While serving in the Vermont House of Representatives as Lieutenant Governor Dean received notice that the current Governor of Vermont had died of cardiac…
