Political Changemakers

From immigration to technology, our speakers on politics and global affairs offer an inside look into today's political landscape.

Zeke Hernandez is an award-winning teacher and orator with extensive experience training leaders from renowned companies around the world, including GE, Chase, Financial Markets Association, BluSky, Google, and more. His new book The Truth About Immigration combines moving stories with rigorous research to offer an accessible, apolitical, and evidence-based look at the impact of immigrants on investment and job creation. Zeke’s talks center on global scaling; the future of work; and how to attract, maintain, and manage today’s global talent. He provides a simple but powerful framework on global and corporate strategy for employees and employers alike.

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Thomas Frank is an American political analyst, historian, and author of numerous books with a history of writing for publications such as The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and Harper’s. Thomas has addressed political science departments and law schools across the country. His talks situate the political and economic landscape into a historic lens, considering how policies, parties, and movements like anti-populism devleop over time.

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Jennifer Pahlka, author of Recoding America, argues that we need our government to work and it’s not more money or more tech we need. Politics is often described as “how the policy gets done.” But how the policy gets implemented – its delivery – is what impacts our daily lives. When what government delivers disappoints or, worse, frightens or insults us, it shapes who we are as citizens, whether left or right. In her talks, Jennifer offers a fresh take on solutions to improve policy and systems so we can begin to repair our bureaucratic dysfunction.

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Jesse Wegman has been a member of the New York Times editorial board since 2013, writing editorials on the Supreme Court, democracy reform, and legal affairs. In his book, Let the People Pick the President, Jesse thoroughly researches the Electoral College, gleaning information from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns to make a case for abolishing the Electoral College system. In his talks, he addresses objections from both sides of the aisle and presents an argument that moving toward a national popular vote would reduce voter apathy and political polarization.

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IN THE NEWS

The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers | Knowledge at Wharton

Examining The Electoral College | PBS Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

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For more information on booking one of these speakers for in-person or virtual events, please contact Colleen Osborne by emailing colleen.osborne@macmillan.com or calling (917) 697-2063.