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UNGA Pressure: An Insider’s Guide to Diplomacy’s Biggest Week
By: Sarah Gruen · 08/11/2026
As the former Director of Speechwriting for the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, UNGA was my Super Bowl (right down to the halftime
The Name is Mamdani.
By: West Wing Writers · 01/13/2026
Zohran Mamdani is a relentlessly disciplined messenger on affordability. So it’s all the more interesting when he gives a speech about something else. A week
What Abraham Lincoln Understood About the Founders
By: Jeff Shesol · 09/15/2025
Co-founder and Executive Director Jeff Shesol reviews a new book by Akhil Reed Amar that paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to
In an Era of Deep Polarization, Unity Is Not Trump’s Mission
By: Jeff Shesol · 09/15/2025
Co-founder and Executive Director Jeff Shesol comments on the President’s failure to unify the country in moments of tragedy, in the New York Times.
The New York Times: Gameplay
By: Chandler Dean · 11/15/2024
Senior Director Chandler Dean chats with The New York Times columnist Sam Corbin about tricolons.
Do good things actually come in
The West Wing at 25 — how does it match up to today’s reality?
By: Jeff Shesol · 09/27/2024
Ever wondered how accurately hit series "The West Wing" depicts the West Wing? Jeff Shesol— original West Wing Writer, former White House speechwriter, and "the
Morning Edition: Harris and Trump prepare for their first debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia
By: Paul Orzulak · 09/09/2024
Co-Founder and Executive Director Paul Orzulak was on NPR to share his thoughts on September’s presidential debate. Listen to learn more about what’s at stake
Casting Visions with the Monroe Motivational Sequence
By: Vinca LaFleur · 09/04/2024
Vinca LaFleur joined Pat Ennis and Corby Megorden of Ennis Legacy Partners and their colleague Walter Deyhle to talk about leadership communications in the workplace;
Producing Chicago: The DNC covered nearly impossible ground to raise up Kamala Harris as the new hero
By: Jeff Shesol · 08/27/2024
Co-Founder and Executive Director Jeff Shesol on the challenges that Vice Presidents seeking a candidate nomination have faced.
At a political
WWW Associate Published in Essay Collection
By: Annabelle Long · 08/20/2024
"The cliché goes that history repeats itself, but it feels more accurate to say that history overlaps with itself, that it builds on top of
The Story Biden Ought to Be Telling in This Debate
By: Jeff Shesol · 06/27/2024
The mythology of the presidential debate — as a kind of civic single combat, mano a mano, with the nation’s future at stake — has
Morning Edition: Presidential Debate
By: Paul Orzulak · 06/24/2024
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former presidential speechwriters Mary Kate Cary and Paul Orzulak about Thursday's debate between President Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump.
Speak with Impact: Strategies for Effective Communication
By: Vinca LaFleur · 05/31/2024
Ever wondered how to become a more effective public speaker? You won’t want to miss our Vinca LaFleur's guest appearance on Mo Bunnell's podcast, where
WWW Director Earns Publishing Deal
By: Abby White · 05/15/2024
Irene Vázquez at Levine Querido has acquired D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. by debut author Abby White. The YA novel follows Jewish teenager D.J., whose beloved cousin Rachel
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