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Interview with Arlie Russell Hochschild: American Sociologist and Author of “Strangers in Their Own Land”

January 14, 2018
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Interview by Michaela Shelton (PO’ 21), Staff Writer and Jerry Yan (PO’18), Senior Editor Arlie Hochschild is an American sociologist and academic. She currently serves as Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Hochschild’s areas of expertise primarily consist of social psychology and the sociology of emotions, gender, and politics. She has authored nine books...

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Recontextualizing Artificial Intelligence: Exploring the Potential of AI Outside of the Tech Industry with Apoorv Agrawal

January 7, 2018
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Interview by Nashi Gunasekara (SC ’19) and Natasha Anis (PO ’19), Staff Writers Founder of Text IQ, Apoorv Agrawal is making significant strides in understanding and perfecting how humans and machines can work together for a common cause. Agrawal obtained his undergraduate degree from the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India and went on to pursue his Masters in Science and Ph...

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Call to Action: Interview on Increasing Educational Access and Economic Opportunity in South Sudan with Mr. Valentino Achak Deng

December 20, 2017
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Conducted by Bethel Geletu (Staff Writer, PO ‘19) and Maimouna Diarra (Staff Writer, PO ‘19)   Once a “Lost Boy,” a child who walked for months across what is now South Sudan to flee a brutal civil war, Valentino Achak Deng is a leading advocate for the universal right to education. Under the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees, Deng spent nine years in Kenyan and...

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Interview with Dr. Bernhard Schwartländer, WHO Chef de Cabinet (Part II)

December 5, 2017
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Interview[1] by April Xiaoyi Xu (PO ‘18), Editor-in-Chief Transcribed by Lathan Liou (PO ‘19), Kaela Cote-Stemmermann (SCR ‘18), and Annie Wan (PO ‘20), Staff Writers Dr. Bernhard Schwartländer took up his position as WHO Representative in China in September 2013 and recently became Chef de Cabinet of the World Health Organization. Before joining WHO in China, he served as Director for Evidence...

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The Future of the Salton Sea: Interview with Malissa McKeith and Phillip Johnson, Part 2

November 15, 2017
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Interview by Blake Plante (PO ‘18), Blog Writer Transcribed by Jessie Levin (PO ‘18), Staff Writer, and Blake Plante (PO ’18), Continued from Part 1… CJLPP: On the one hand, Phil is saying that the 200-million-dollar bond sets a good precedence—that once we have that, there will probably be more future funding. And Melissa, you’re saying that it will create this feel-good impression that...

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The Future of the Salton Sea: Interview with Malissa McKeith and Phillip Johnson, Part 1

November 14, 2017
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Interview by Blake Plante (PO ‘18), Blog Writer Transcribed by Jessie Levin (PO ‘18), Staff Writer, and Blake Plante (PO ’18), Blog Writer Malissa McKeith is a veteran environmental attorney and a partner and chair emerita of the Los Angeles-based legal firm, Lewis Brisbois. She is co-founder and president of Citizens United for Resources and the Environment, Inc. (CURE), which is a grassroots...

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Karl Eikenberry on the Afghan Strategy under the Trump Administration

November 6, 2017
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Interview by William Zheyuan Shi (CMC ’20), Staff Writer   Karl Eikenberry is the Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow and Director of the U.S-Asia Security Initiative at Stanford University’s Asia-Pacific Research Center. He is a Stanford University Professor of Practice, and an affiliate at the FSI Center for Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law, Center for International Security...

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Interview with Dr. Bernhard Schwartländer, WHO World Representative to China: Part I

October 17, 2017
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Interview[1] by April Xiaoyi Xu (PO ‘18), Editor-in-Chief Transcribed by Lathan Liou (PO ‘19), Kaela Cote-Stemmermann (SCR ‘18), and Annie Wan (PO ‘20), Staff Writers Dr. Bernhard Schwartländer took up his position as WHO Representative in China in September 2013. Before joining WHO in China, he served as Director for Evidence, Policy and Innovation at the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva...

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Combatting Human Trafficking through Effective Policies and Public Awareness: Interview with Maria Trujillo

May 8, 2017
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By Matilda Msall, SC ’19, Staff Writer   Maria Trujillo is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and an expert in the anti-trafficking space. She currently serves as the Human Trafficking Program Manager at the Colorado Department of Public Safety, for the Division of Criminal Justice in the Office for Victims Programs where she oversees the development of comprehensive and effective policies...

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Interview with Judge Dhanidina Part II: Dhanidina’s Path to Becoming California’s First Muslim Judge

March 8, 2017
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The Honorable Halim Dhanidina is a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge, currently assigned to hear criminal cases in the Long Beach Superior Court. A Pomona College and UCLA School of Law graduate, Judge Dhanidina is the first Muslim judge appointed in California. As a Judge, he is known for promoting diversity in the court system and criticizing the sting operations by the LBPD that targeted...

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