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Experts Discussing Progress and Pushing Boundaries
Steven Choi, Ali Noorani, Robert Johnson, Isabel Sawhill, Joseph Williams, Robert Wuthnow, Therese Caruso, Arie Kruglanski, Thomas Edsall, and Richard Kahlenberg are examples of experts with a point-of-view on the theme of progress and pushing boundaries in America.
Steven Choi
- On May 21, 2020, Steven Choi published an article titled “Failing Immigrants, Miserably: Washington’s Coronavirus Aid Must Go Further.” The article talked about how the four federal stimulus packages did not provide any financial assistance to immigrants and why the fifth relief package must support this group of people.
- Choi is currently the executive director of the New York Immigration Coalition. Before joining the organization, he served as the executive director of the MinKwon Center for Community Action from 2009 to 2013. Choi also presently serves on the New York City Commission on Human Rights.
- Choi’s direct email address and telephone number are not publicly available. According to RocketReach email verifier, his email address is schoi@nyic.org. The general contact number for the New York Immigration Coalition is 212-627-2227.
Ali Noorani
- On December 19, 2019, Ali Noorani published an article titled “Out of Many, One: Immigration, Identity, and the American Dream.” The article provided insights on the cultural, security, and economic fears concerning immigrants and other related issues.
- Noorani is currently the president & chief executive officer of the National Immigration Forum. He is also an Emerson Dial Fellow and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In 2017, Noorani published a book called “There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration.”
- Noorani’s direct telephone number is not publicly available. His email address is anoorani@immigrationforum.org. The general contact number for the National Immigration Forum is 202-347-0040.
Robert Johnson
- On June 1, 2020, CNBC reported that Robert Johnson called for the United States government to provide “$14 trillion of reparations for slavery to help reduce racial inequality.” On June 23, 2020, the media outlet reported that Johnson sent a letter to leaders and supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement to establish a formal independent political party.
- Johnson is currently the founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies. He also serves as a board member at RLJ Lodging Trust, KB Home, Elevate Credit, and other organizations. In 2001, Johnson sold Black Entertainment Television to Viacom for around $3 billion.
- Johnson’s direct email address and telephone number are not publicly available. According to Hunter email verifier, his email address is johnson@rljcompanies.com. The general contact number for The RLJ Companies is 301-280-7700.
Isabel Sawhill
- On October 10, 2018, Isabel Sawhill published an article titled “What the Forgotten Americans Really Want—And How to Give It to Them.” The article provided insights into her research about Americans left behind by the country’s evolving economy.
- Sawhill is currently a senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. From 2006 to 2015, she served as the co-director of the research institute’s Center on Children and Families. In 2018, Sawhill published a book called “The Forgotten Americans: An Economic Agenda for a Divided Nation.”
- Sawhill’s email address is isawhill@brookings.edu. Her telephone number is 202-797-6118.
Joseph Williams
- On January 22, 2020, Joseph Williams published an article titled “A Tale of Two Motor Cities.” The article focused on why African-American residents in Detroit felt that they are being left behind.
- Williams is currently a senior editor at U.S. News & World Report. He focuses on “exploring and investigating the social determinants of health, including poverty, racial inequity, and access to care.” Williams previously served as an editor at Blue Nation Review, Politico, The Boston Globe, and Minnesota Star Tribune.
- Williams’ direct telephone number is not publicly available. His email address is jwilliams@usnews.com. The general contact number for U.S. News & World Report is 202-955-2000.
Robert Wuthnow
- In 2018, Robert Wuthnow published a book called “The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America.” The book explored the issues that are “fueling the outrage of rural Americans” toward the federal government.
- Wuthnow is currently the Gerhard R. Andlinger `52 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. He has published several research studies on the “sociology of religion, culture, and civil society.” Wuthnow’s current research examines “cases in which ‘othering’ involves distinctions based on location, perceptions of mental acuity, ethnicity, religion, and wealth.”
- Wuthnow’s email address is wuthnow@princeton.edu. His telephone number is 609-258-4742.
Therese Caruso
- On May 1, 2020, Therese Caruso published an article titled “A Pandemic Shift: America’s Return to Depression-Era Values.” The article provided insights into the “values rising most in importance in the pandemic were those associated with family, interpersonal relationships, and self-sufficiency.”
- Caruso is currently the managing director of global strategy and insights at Zeno Group. She is also the creator of The Human Project. Caruso possesses “20+ years of experience working on global strategy and studying consumer insights and trends.”
- Caruso’s email address is therese.caruso@zenogroup.com. Her telephone number is 212-299-8988.
Arie Kruglanski
- On March 20, 2020, Arie Kruglanski published an article titled “3 Ways the Coronavirus Pandemic Is Changing Who We Are.” The article talked about how the COVID-19 pandemic changed what Americans value with regard to cooperation, consideration, and caring.
- Kruglanski is currently a Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland. He is also a co-pi and co-director of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism. Kruglanski has served as “editor of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Attitudes and Social Cognition, editor of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, and associate editor of the American Psychologist.”
- Kruglanski’s email address is arie@umd.edu. His telephone number is 301-405-5918.
Thomas Edsall
- Thomas Edsall’s weekly column focuses on “strategic and demographic trends in American politics.” Over the past year, he has published several articles on politics and race issues, before and after the killing of George Floyd.
- Tom Edsall is currently an adjunct faculty at Columbia Journalism School. He previously served as a political journalist at Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and The Providence Journal. He has published five books to date, including one titled “Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics.”
- Edsall’s email address is te2154@columbia.edu. His telephone number is 212-854-6042.
Richard Kahlenberg
- On February 26, 2020, Richard Kahlenberg co-published a report titled “How Progressives Can Recapture Seven Deeply Held American Values.” The report explored how the “seven themes of Robert Kennedy’s campaign” could resonate today.
- Kahlenberg is currently the director of K–12 equity and senior fellow at The Century Foundation. He also serves on the advisory board of the Pell Institute and the Albert Shanker Institute. Kahlenberg has authored or edited seventeen books that focused on “education, civil rights, and equal opportunity.”
- Kahlenberg’s email address is kahlenberg@tcf.org. His telephone number is 202-683-4883.