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Former Attorney General Holder says doing big things is what makes USA exceptional
This country is defined by doing big things, like the FDR-era New Deal, the interstate highway system, and the Great Society, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a National Press Club Headliners Book Event May 12, 2022. "We do big, that is what makes us exceptional," he said. Some people even say the ideas in his co-written book, Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote, are too big, he told the audience in the Fourth Estate room at the Club. Eric Holder and Sam Koppelman at NPC May 12, 2022. Photo: D.J. Caulfield Holder co-wrote the book with New…
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Club springing back to in-person life
Although the coronavirus pandemic continued to slow National Press Club in-person activities early this year, the Club has started to spring back to a pre-pandemic kind of life in the last three months. Business activity and revenue increased sharply in March, April and May, while the ballroom has been filled by Club President Jen Judson’s recent inaugural gala. Newsmaker press conferences, such as one featuring former Attorney General Eric Holder, have been held in a hybrid in-person and online format. The ramp-up in in-person activity also includes solid attendance at Taco Nights each…
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Mormon church leader cites easing of church's stance on social issues, but rules out same-sex marriage, women leaders
During an appearance at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon May 26, Elder David A. Bednar, a member of the the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was eager to highlight the advances the church has made on social issues within recent years. In his opening remarks, the religious leader noted that the church has lent its support to efforts to prevent workplace discrimination among members of the LGBT community in a number of states, including Utah, Arizona and Georgia. Elder David A. Bednar speaks at a National Press Club Headliners…
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Martin, Burns extend scope of “This Will Not Pass” to cover two-year political crisis
The chaotic final year in office for President Trump inspired two New York Times national political correspondents to expand the scope of a book about the 2020 election to include an exploration of the end of the Trump presidency and the beginning of President Biden’s term. “There was a cascade of extraordinary events, one after the other, that made us revisit our calculation for the book,” Jonathan Martin, co-author of “This Will Not Pass” said at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on June 14. “It’s a two-year account of this period of crisis in American politics.” That’s why he and…
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Australian Naval attaché outlines strategic risks in Pacific
China’s increasing strategic ambitions mean unprecedented challenges for the United States, Australia and their allies. Royal Australian Navy Commodore Darren Grogan offered that assessment on Tuesday when he spoke by video to the National Press Club’s American Legion Post 20. Grogan serves as his country’s naval attaché in Washington, D.C. He noted that a major Australian policy document says the Pacific region is in the midst of the most consequential strategic realignment since World War II. Australia’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update also says competition between the United States and China…
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Washington Post reporters explore, write about George Floyd's life in new biography
Who was George Floyd and what was it like to live in his America? Two Washington Post reporters embarked on a mission to discover the man behind the opposing public narratives of George Floyd's life after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered him on May 25, 2020. Dr. Randi Abramson, far right, chief medical officer at Bread for the City, describes health challenges faced by Black men like George Floyd. Looking on during the Headliners Book Rap on Thursday, June 23, 2022, L-R: National Press Club Board Chair and moderator Kimberly Adams, Washington Post reporter and author Robert…
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Ukrainian, American correspondents see Russia’s bombardment close up
Barren village foxholes under fire and Elon Musk’s Starlink internet system at work in the field gave two frontline journalists some of their many close-up views of Ukraine’s struggle to repel Russia’s full-scale assault that began on Feb. 24. Ukrainian journalist Tanya Kozyreva and Politico correspondent Christopher Miller described those experiences and more to illustrate the impact of the war and how news media there and abroad are covering it. In a June 21 online discussion for the National Press Club moderated by NPC President Jen Judson, land warfare reporter for Defense News, Kozyreva…
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Podcast explores conspiracy theory surge in U.S.
Conspiracy theories have always existed in the United States, but now experts say they are spreading faster than ever. Surveys show rising percentages of Americans who mistrust the media, politicians, science and even one another.
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Panelists optimistic about fight against misinformation amid pressures on journalism
Prominent journalists said they remain optimistic that those people and entities pushing misinformation will not win, even as social media and the contraction of local journalism strain the media industry.
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