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In her article featured in The Nation, Nobel Peace Prize Winner and APB speaker Beatrice Fihn analyzes President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. This decision ended an agreement that terminated the use of many nuclear weapons. Highlighting a lack of female input when it comes to U.S. foreign policy about nuclear weapons, Fihn commented: “I don’t believe that women are inherently more peaceful, but what I do know is that women are more realistic about what is needed to keep our families, communities, and world safe. I believe that women are the doers. We cannot afford to wait…We certainly can’t count on the current men in power to choose sanity and security over fear and instability.”

Legendary football coach Jim Harbaugh has led the University of Michigan Wolverines to victory after victory this season, in what has been dubbed the “Revenge Tour.” After an early setback to Notre Dame, the Wolverines steadily improved under the leadership of Harbaugh who is known for his unique ability to rally struggling teams—something all professionals, regardless of industry, can learn from.

Groups around the world are already planning for International Women's Day, Friday, March 8, 2019, with the goal of bettering gender balance and our future. Kick off your event with one of these trailblazing, inspirational voices.

Founder of Comfort Cases, APB speaker Rob Scheer recently released the new book A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time about his difficult childhood in the foster care system and how he created his forever family.

Former President of Ireland, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and APB speaker Mary Robinson has been appointed Chair of The Elders, a venerated group of world leaders working together for peace and human rights. Robinson, a prominent international climate justice advocate, becomes The Elders’ third Chair since the group was founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Nelson Mandela in 2007.

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and APB exclusive Carl Bernstein gained international attention when he and Bob Woodward broke the deeply disturbing news behind the Watergate scandal. This weekend, in a special three-night event, the History Channel invites us to relive—and, for many, newly learn—the full story of the conspiracy that shook the nation and toppled the Nixon presidency.

APB speakers Wes Moore and Geoffrey Canada have been named some of the most influential people in New York’s nonprofit sector by City & State New York.

Based on James Hansen’s book of the same name, the major motion picture First Man, starring Ryan Gosling, recently hit theaters nationwide. The first and only authorized biography of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, First Man details Armstrong’s involvement in the United States Space Program and historic Apollo 11 mission.  The recipient of several major book awards, ...

What will the November midterms bring? Get trusted analysis and insider opinions on the balance of power, the economy, the Trump Presidency, America’s image in the world and more. America’s top journalists reveal what the election results will say about the nation’s political pulse in Washington and beyond.

Nic Sheff’s heartbreaking and inspiring struggle with substance use disorder is the story of Beautiful Boy, now a major motion picture starring Timothée Chalamet as Nic and Steve Carell as his father, David. Sharing an unglamorized, authentic and heart-touching story of relapse and recovery that is deeply rooted in mental illness, Nic has been recognized as “a life-changing speaker.”