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Kamy Akhavan

@kamyakhavan

Managing Director of USC Center for Political Future @USCPolFuture. Former CEO of @procon_org. "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." (Desmond Tutu)

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As we remember and honor the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I'm thinking of his words that remain especially relevant today: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true

As we remember and honor the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I'm thinking of his words that remain especially relevant today: 

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character — that is the goal of true
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Join CPF & partners POLITICO, PBS' Firing Line with Margaret Hoover & CSPAN at our Warschaw Conference "The Trumping of America: Why and What’s Next?" tomorrow from 9AM-4:30PM PT to explore #Election2024 & what to expect in the second #Trump presidency. RSVP: bit.ly/cpf-0130 USC

Join CPF &amp; partners <a href="/politico/">POLITICO</a>, <a href="/PBS/">PBS</a>' <a href="/FiringLineShow/">Firing Line with Margaret Hoover</a> &amp; <a href="/cspan/">CSPAN</a> at our Warschaw Conference "The Trumping of America: Why and What’s Next?" tomorrow from 9AM-4:30PM PT to explore #Election2024 &amp; what to expect in the second #Trump presidency.

RSVP: bit.ly/cpf-0130

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Starting now! Join CPF & partners POLITICO, PBS' Firing Line with Margaret Hoover & CSPAN at our Warschaw Conference "The Trumping of America: Why and What’s Next?" from 9AM-4:30PM PT. Watch on Zoom: usc.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Watch on Facebook: fb.watch/xru0frMhfC/ USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences USC #Trump

Elex Michaelson (@elex_michaelson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I ask James Carville what his good friend Tim Russert would think of today's media environment? He says it would be a challenge...even for Russert. "Your challenge is how do you make the truth interesting...because if you can make up anything you want...that's more interesting

Adam Nagourney (@adamnagourney) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Another way Trump is upending Republican orthodoxy: the end (mostly) of federalism. “If a Democrat were doing this to red states, Republicans would be screaming bloody murder.” nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/… via @NYTimes

Kamy Akhavan (@kamyakhavan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We did it Erik L Olsen ! #LetsFindCommonGround is a must listen podcast. So glad to see the legacy of Common Ground Committee live on through @uscpolfuture.

Kamy Akhavan (@kamyakhavan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Whether you are team blue or team red or team who cares, it is disgusting that this much food may go to waste when so many people across the world are going hungry. Especially when our farmers and businesses work so hard to make the food. 40% of all food in America goes to waste.

Adam Grant (@adammgrant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus. Data: Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet. Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.

Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus.

Data: Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.

Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.
Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@alinejadmasih) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The voice you hear belongs to Hiva Seyfizadeh, an Iranian singer arrested last night simply for singing in public. Why? Because in today’s Iran, a woman’s voice is a crime, but public executions are not. Hiva defied this injustice with an act of civil disobedience, breaking a

Kamy Akhavan (@kamyakhavan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

. USC Center for the Political Future is looking forward to this talk with Kurt Gray. Moral psychology meets neuroscience meets pro-human social cohesion. In other words, why and how to get along.

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Meaning may be healthier than happiness. 23-year study: A sense of purpose is a more robust predictor of longevity than life satisfaction. Having worthwhile goals is a source of vitality. It’s nice to feel happy today. It’s important to have something to strive for tomorrow.

Meaning may be healthier than happiness.

23-year study: A sense of purpose is a more robust predictor of longevity than life satisfaction. Having worthwhile goals is a source of vitality.

It’s nice to feel happy today. It’s important to have something to strive for tomorrow.
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.Kamy Akhavan, host of Let's Find Common Ground and managing director of USC Center for the Political Future, is excited to join foreign policy expert and podcaster Ben Rhodes for a convo on America's Changing Role in a Changed World. 👉 democracygroup.org/events #podcast #podcasting #live #democracy

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#ICYMI: CPF, Bridge Entertainment Labs & Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability hosted a screening of the "True False Hot Cold" #documentary with a conversation on #climatechange, empathy & civil discourse featuring Steven Olikara, Ben Stillerman & Allison Agsten. Watch: youtu.be/5pKrT5cQGNo?si… USC Schwarzenegger Institute USC

#ICYMI: CPF, <a href="/BridgeEntLabs/">Bridge Entertainment Labs</a> &amp; <a href="/USCWrigley/">Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability</a> hosted a screening of the "True False Hot Cold" #documentary with a conversation on #climatechange, empathy &amp; civil discourse featuring <a href="/StevenOlikara/">Steven Olikara</a>, Ben Stillerman &amp; Allison Agsten.

Watch: youtu.be/5pKrT5cQGNo?si…

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Adam Grant (@adammgrant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The most underrated career skill is the ability to receive tough love. Acquiring knowledge is easy. Obtaining constructive criticism is hard. If you can't handle the truth, people stop telling you the truth. The people who grow the most are the ones who take feedback the best.