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It's another round of Hank facing off against one of the VidCon elite—this time, Executive Vice President Colin Hickey. Will Colin's surprise expertise help him dominate?

New ReviewMichelle Williams reflects on the profound influence of her high school social studies teacher, Mr. Greenspan, who helped shape her career path. During the time when the television series Roots sparked her interest in American history,...

New ReviewMichelle Williams reflects on her career in public health and the motivation behind her book The Cure for Everything, written during the COVID-19 pandemic to address widespread misunderstanding and underinvestment in the field. She...

New ReviewOliver B. Libby, author of Strong Floor, No Ceiling, argues that the greatest threat to America is not foreign attack but the erosion of belief in the American Dream. He warns that faith in upward mobility is at historic lows and calls...

New ReviewZsuzanna Szelényi reflects on entering politics at just 23, shaped less by contemporary role models than by her family—especially her grandmother, Karolina Patek. An extraordinary woman, Batak was a highly educated linguist who...

New ReviewPeter Hotez describes two major mentors who shaped his scientific career. At Rockefeller University, Anthony Cerami gave him rare intellectual freedom as an MD–PhD student, encouraging him to tackle big health problems through...

New ReviewFormer U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer reflects on his life, career, and judicial philosophy. Born in San Francisco in 1938, Breyer taught at Harvard Law School before being appointed to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in...

New ReviewAndy Hargreaves, emeritus professor at Boston College and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, reflects on his early career in The Making of an Educator, a book that is “not a memoir” but a meditation on how the formative...

New ReviewBaylor College of Medicine professor Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, describes his lifelong mission to develop low-cost vaccines and his personal journey as a physician-scientist. After his daughter Rachel was diagnosed with autism and...

New ReviewTracy Slater describes two college professors—Ronna Johnson in English and Claire Schub in French—who profoundly shaped her love of literature, writing, and independent scholarship. Their deep passion for their subjects inspired her to...

New ReviewTracy Slater, a Jewish American writer in a mixed Jewish–Japanese family, tells the true story behind her book Together in Manzanar. It follows Elaine Buchman Yoneda, a Jewish American mother in 1942 who must decide whether to let the...

New ReviewDr. Lillian Glass reflects on her mentor, Dr. Robert J. Gorlin, a world-renowned geneticist and expert in craniofacial and medical genetics at the University of Minnesota. She recalls his brilliance, compassion, and humanity—qualities...

New ReviewDr. Lillian Glass, a world-renowned body language and communication expert, explains why understanding nonverbal cues is essential in today’s world. She teaches that body language reveals people’s true feelings and intentions—whether...

New ReviewDr. Lillian Glass, a world-renowned communication and body language expert, reflects on her groundbreaking work identifying and defining “toxic people,” a term she coined in her bestselling book Toxic People. Drawing on over three...

New ReviewRandi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers and former head of the United Federation of Teachers, wrote Why Fascists Fear Teachers in 2024 as both a warning and a call to hope. Alarmed by rising authoritarian...

New ReviewRandi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, reflects on the teacher who most shaped her life: her 11th-grade English teacher, David Swift, at Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York. Weingarten admits...

New ReviewJournalist and author Ray Suarez reflects on his decades covering immigration in America, from the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act to today’s ongoing debates. Observing how immigration has evolved from a bipartisan issue to a...

New ReviewRay Suarez reflects on the many great teachers he’s had throughout his life but singles out Professor Richard Hull at New York University as the most influential. Initially taking Hull’s class on 19th-century European imperialism by...

New ReviewRick Hess, director of education policy studies at AEI, reflects on the teachers who shaped his life despite his struggles in school. He credits several mentors from college and graduate school, but the most influential was his...

New ReviewRick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, explains what it means to approach education from a conservative perspective. He outlines three core principles. First, rigor and mastery — schools...

New ReviewBrooklyn College Professor Jeanne Theoharis reflects on being taught by civil rights leader Julian Bond, co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and former head of the NAACP. Taking Bond’s college class on the civil...

New ReviewJeanne Theoharis, a distinguished professor at Brooklyn College (CUNY) and author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, explains that much of what we think we know about Rosa Parks is incomplete or wrong. Her book reveals Parks not...

New ReviewStuart Muszynski credits his eighth-grade teacher, Mr. Hawthorne, with transforming his life. Until that year, he believed he was “stupid” because his divergent thinking style didn’t fit traditional classroom expectations, leading him to...