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NPC in History – We Want Willkie redux
The great thing about writing these history pieces for the Wire is that from time to time someone will contact me with additional information that makes the role of the National Press Club in history even more significant. One of those times was last week. The piece I wrote was about Wendell Willkie’s speech at the Club just days before he was nominated as the 1940 Republican standard bearer against Franklin Roosevelt. Willkie was a Democrat who had only officially turned Republican in 1939. He was a Wall Street businessman who had never run for office and had not entered any GOP primaries…
Type: News
Former Sen. Richard Lugar was a Reliable Source regular, 87
For many years during his career on Capitol Hill, former Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., had an apple and yogurt at his desk for lunch. When he joined the National Press Club in 2017, he became a lunchtime regular at the Reliable Source. Lugar, the longest serving member of Congress from Indiana, died Sunday, April 28, at Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in Virginia. The cause of death was complications from chronic inflammatory demylinating polyneuropathy. He was 87. A former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Lugar was the co-author of legislation with former Sen. Sam…
Type: News
Nearly six dozen restaurants join Night Out for Austin Tice, May 2
Nearly six dozen restaurants throughout the United States will participate in a “Night Out for Austin Tice” later this week, exceeding the expectations of National Press Club organizers. The restaurants, which totaled 70 as of Sunday, have agreed to donate a portion of their proceeds from their May 2 operations to a fund that would augment the $1 million FBI reward for information that leads to the safe return of Tice, an award-winning journalist who was taken hostage in August 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria. “We were sure in November that we would have two restaurants and were…
Type: News
Panera founder slams "short-sighted" investors, aims for long-term value in companies
Ron Shaich, who founded Panera bakery-cafes and built the company into the best-performing restaurant stock for the past 20 years, figures he knows something about business success, and he's on a quest to convert corporate boards to his view. Hedge funds and other activist stock investors, reinforced by high-frequency, algorithm-based trading that accounts for as much as 40% of the market, press for short-term profits at the expense of innovation and time-consuming transformation, Shaich, Panera's CEO until 2018, said Friday at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon. "These activists are…
Type: News
Expanded menu announced for dinner with Pok Pok's Andy Ricker at the Fourth Estate restaurant, May 23
James Beard Award-winning chef Andy Ricker, whose Pok Pok Thai restaurants in Portland and New York have drawn critical acclaim, will launch his new Thai cookbook at a dinner May 23 in the Fourth Estate restaurant at the National Press Club. The dinner will feature dishes from Ricker's "Pok Pok Noodles" cookbook, which offers a guide to making iconic Thai dishes at home along with stunning location photos and the stories behind the food. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with passed appetizers. Dinner will be served family-style, in the Thai fashion, at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $95 per person and…
Type: News
NPC in History: "We Want Willkie!"
The casual reader of American history could not be faulted for skimming over the candidacy of Wendell Willkie as the 1940 Republican challenger to Franklin D. Roosevelt. After all, he was just one of four candidates that FDR vanquished in his unprecedented presidential victories. However, the 1940 election came at a pivotal time in American and world history, and Willkie’s nomination was noteworthy for two major reasons. First, Roosevelt was the first president to run for a third term, breaking the tradition set by George Washington that had assured limited executive power. Breaking that…
Type: News
Today: African agricultural scientist to discuss agriculture as a path toward economic growth
The National Press Club International Correspondents Committee will host Dr. Agnes Kalibata, head of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and former Minister of Agriculture of Rwanda, at 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 26, in the McClendon Room, to discuss agricultural development issues in Africa. Kalibata, an agricultural scientist and policymaker, is in Washington to receive the 2019 National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal. Laureates include Dr. Paul Farmer, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill and Melinda Gates, and Alan Alda. The award recognizes Kalibata’s efforts to use modern…
Type: News
The human cost of blue jeans: The status of child, forced labor in cotton supply chain, April 29
Human rights and labor experts will join the Uzbek ambassador to discuss the status of child and forced labor in the country at a National Press Club Headliners panel at 10 a.m. Monday, April 29, in the Bloomberg Room. The free event is open only to credentialed media and Club members. Registration is required. Human rights groups, activists and media for years raised the alarm about child and forced labor in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, prompting many clothing manufacturers to take a hard look at their supply chains and pull out of the countries. Now, after years of…
Type: News
Fourth Estate Gallery
Type: Media
Future of Russian Free Press
Mr. Gusinsky talked about the state of the free press in Russia and the recent takeover of his independent television station by a state-owned energy company. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience. Translation into English was performed by an interpreter.
Type: Media