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Karen Armstrong

Religious Historian

Robert Reich

22nd Secretary of Labor

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Frank Rich

Columnist

Frank Rich | October 29, 2006 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

George Lakoff

Cognitive Linguist

George Lakoff | February 28, 2008 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

John Paul Stevens

Retired Supreme Court Justice

John Paul Stevens | November 16, 2010 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum

Anna Deavere Smith

Writer, actor, and professor

Anna Deavere Smith | May 21, 2007 | Wortham Center | The Progressive Forum