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- 15 Jun 2021
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Leading at State
in discussions about expanding this type of leadership training to other government agencies. “In the Cold War, when we were competing with the Soviet Union, we were competing with guns and missiles. In today’s world, we are competing...
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- 01 Jun 2004
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Working the Street
a meth pipe, and a small quantity of weed in his shoe. There are no weapons in the car, but a brand-new paintball gun and pellets suggest the pair may have been shooting paintballs at cars, a popular diversion. Suspecting the car may be...
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- 01 Jun 2016
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Ears to the Ground
to drastically decrease gun use. In a recent study, cities that employ the system saw a 28.8 percent drop in gunfire on average; Fall River, Massachusetts, for example, saw shootings drop by 58 percent. But efficacy hadn’t led to...
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- 03 Nov 2020
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One Paramount Priority
In the four years since the last US presidential election, Diane Hessan (MBA 1977) has been interviewing more than 500 voters, talking about everything from gun control to COVID-19. This years-long project has made clear to Hessan that...
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- 08 May 2024
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Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) Awarded Medal of Freedom
Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) was one of 19 people awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House on May 2. “From finance to media to philanthropy, Michael Bloomberg has revolutionized our economy,” President Biden said as he conferred the Nation’s highest...
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- 01 Sep 2013
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A Hollywood Backstory
desensitized—brainwashed—by Hollywood? I spent a lot of time thinking about this for a script I worked on for a movie called Beautiful Boy. It tells the story of two ordinary parents trying to understand—and escape—the fact that their son took a View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
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What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
shareholder engagement: How can shareholders move the needle? One example that Shawn and I worked on was with CalSTRS, the California pension plan for educators. Following the increase in school shootings, there was a lot of pressure on CalSTRS to get rid of its...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 04 Nov 2016
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Could Kurt Summers Jr. Be Chicago’s Next Mayor?
of the city’s most pressing issues, Crain’s writes. “Ask him about Chicago's pernicious problem with gun violence, and he will tell you the city doesn't have a crime problem. ‘We have an economic problem.’” Summers’s mantra is “How do you...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
East Side Story
his wisdom, compassion, empathy, and commitment to public service, noting as well his sense of humor and legendary vocabulary. During his career, Goodman was a strong advocate for the arts and cultural institutions, and sponsored more than one thousand bills covering...
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- 28 May 2019
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Impact: Toward the Greater Good
Leadership Fellow, used his technology skills to improve city government in California. These stories illustrate just some of the ways that donor support is extending the School’s impact. A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy Tech for the...
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- 01 Feb 2002
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Web Exclusive: Behind the Scenes with Karen Tumulty
time," Tumulty recalls. "The paper was owned by Hearst, and our chief competitor was published by Rupert Murdoch. It was a classic newspaper war, with dueling headlines along the lines of 'Baby Eats LSD' and 'Pregnant Cat Gunned Down.'"...
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- 15 Jun 2021
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Turning Point: Tell Me More
talked about their views on everything from immigration to gun control to health care to climate change. Whenever I learned something new, I wrote about it for the Boston Globe. Over the years, two things became clear to me: We have much...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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The Fight Beyond
echoed in the distance. The German troops were advancing more quickly than the OSS mission planners expected, and the Soviet forces were stalled. On September 22, just five days after his arrival, Green cabled Bari: “Believe situation likely become critical.” He...
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- 01 Sep 2014
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Book Review: Getting Beyond Yes
Sustaining a Successful Enterprise course via the OpenIDEO platform to write “The Capitalist’s Dilemma,” published in Harvard Business Review Illustration by Theispot “It’s a steamy summer night in New Orleans in 1990. I’m 21 years old and View Details
- 23 May 2019
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Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
country, and the international arena. His efforts and innovations—in business, government, and philanthropy—have made him a global leader on some of the most pressing issues facing America and the world, from climate change and gun...
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Susan Young
- 21 Mar 2019
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Helping Veterans Build Careers
focused on helping each one of them, often through his HBS network. Five years later, HBS alum Brett Odom (MBA 2005), a veteran Navy pilot and Top Gun instructor, reached out about Activision Blizzard—publishers of the popular Call of...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Apr 1997
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Guitar Hero
also a musician. An accomplished guitarist, drummer, and keyboard player, he has a recording studio in his home. He has also shared various stages (including London's Wembley Stadium) with musicians such as ZZ Top, Slash (of Guns N'...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets
customers abreast of issues according to their region," she notes. The company's customers generate approximately one hundred thousand phone calls and letters every month to support fast-moving progressive issues such as gun control,...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 2006
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MBA vs. MBA
seen marked improvement, and we believe in redemption.” The conservative National Rifle Association also has raised its marks on Edwards’s voting record on gun issues from an F in the 1990s to a B this year. (Taylor got an A.) Although...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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Turning Point: Network Effects
And stay connected: We’re all one big tribe. A former Naval aviator, Bruce Shuttleworth serves on the board of Give an Hour and is an active volunteer for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
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Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)