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Suze Orman and Tavis Smiley
Suze Orman and Tavis Smiley “Taking power back from banks for consumers, and the fight against poverty” Date: Thursday, Jan. 12 Time: 10 a.m. Location: Conference Rooms, National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC Suze Orman, widely perceived as America’s leading authority on personal finance, will speak about her “People First” movement on behalf of consumers to fight banks and their fees. Those fees hit the poorest Americans hardest, and Tavis Smiley, the PBS broadcaster, will highlight his efforts to restore the nation’s prosperity as more and more Americans slip into…
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Magic Show
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Marvin Kalb: "Enemy of the People"
After more than six decades of experience holding the powerful accountable, journalist Marvin Kalb has endured his fair share of hostility. But when President Donald Trump made the assertion just weeks after his inauguration that the press was the “enemy of the American people,” Kalb, who held a prominent position on President Nixon’s Enemies List, knew the media-bashing so characteristic of Trump’s presidential campaign had just reached a dark and dangerous turning point – a charge that if left unchallenged, was capable of completely eroding the public’s trust in the press and toppling a…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Dr. Paul Offit & "Bad Advice"
Dr. Paul Offit, an award-winning expert on vaccines, immunology and virology and co-inventor of a rotavirus vaccine credited with saving hundreds of lives every day, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Book Rap on Monday, October 29, to discuss his latest book: “Bad Advice: Or Why Celebrities, Politicians and Activists Aren’t Your Best Source of Health Information.” In “Bad Advice,” Dr. Offit uses harrowing and often humorous stories from his own experiences as one of the countries’ top pediatricians and leading vaccine advocates to illustrate why scientists must hone their…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: The President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor
As part of his official trip to Washington, D.C., the President of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor will deliver an address at a National Press Club Headliners event, to be held in the Club’s Fourth Estate Room at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, September 28. President Borut Pahor was elected the fourth President of the Republic of Slovenia with 67.37 percent of the vote in December 2012. During his long political career, President Pahor has been elected member of the European Parliament, and has served as President of the National Assembly and Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia. This news…
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NPC Headliners Film Discussion: "Boy Erased"
In celebration of LGBT History Month, The Mattachine Society of Washington DC will discuss the upcoming Nicole Kidman/Russell Crowe feature “Boy Erased,” and lead a conversation with the film’s real-life subjects, Martha Conley and her son Garrard at a special National Press Club Headliners Event at 6:30 p.m., Friday, October 12. “Boy Erased” (set to be released in theaters by Focus Features on November 2) is based on Garrard Conley’s memoir (Riverhead Books, 2016), and tells his story (played by Lucas Hedges), as the son of a Baptist pastor from small town Arkansas, forced into a conversion…
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NPC Historical Talk: Bureau of Spies
NPC Photo Team Meeting
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NPC Headliners Book Event - Sean Parnell: "Man of War"
Author Sean Parnell will discuss his debut novel Man of War with CNN anchor Jake Tapper and National Press Club President Andrea Edney at a NPC Headliners Book Rap on Thursday, September 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Club's conference rooms. As a U.S. Army Ranger, Parnell commanded an elite infantry platoon known as the Outlaws, tasked with rooting out insurgents from a valley along Afghanistan's eastern frontier. His nonfiction account, entitled Outlaw Platoon, became a best-seller and “required reading” for young cadets across the country. Now Parnell brings his real-world experience and…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times"
The New York Times Magazine’s chief national correspondent Mark Leibovich has enjoyed a lengthy and successful career covering the political circus that is our nation’s capital – but behind the bylines and the campaign coverage, Leibovich harbored a dark secret: he was a born and bred New England Patriots fan… who longed to turn his critical eye on America’s other great spectacle/sport – professional football. When his idol Tom Brady finally returned one of his many calls back in 2014, Leibovich’s low-key obsession became the focus of a “four-year odyssey” into the belly of the “big game.” On…
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NPC Headliners Breakfast: MSNBC's Steve Kornacki & "The Birth of Political Tribalism"
It seems to be the most popular rhetorical question posed by political pundits, cable news contributors, your coworkers, your friends, and even your Uber driver: when did we become so divided as a nation? In “The Red and The Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism,” MSNBC host and NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki actually attempts to provide an answer and argues that, while the pressure had been building for decades, the final rupture that cracked our country in two can be traced back to one infamous date: November 7, 2000. On Friday, October 5 at 8:00 a.m…
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