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Photos: NPC Newsmaker with Marianne Williamson
October 24, 2019
Marianne Williamson, seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, spoke at a National Press Club Newsmaker event on Oct. 24, 2019. Ms. Williamson outlined her proposal to create a cabinet-level U.S. Department of Peace, that she said would contain both domestic and international elements,…
Photos: Andrew Yang NPC Newsmaker Event
October 21, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate, author and entrepreneur Andrew Yang spoke at a National Press Club Newsmaker event on October 21, 2019. Yang talked about his “Humanity First” platform, including his flagship proposal, the Freedom Dividend, human-centered capitalism, and the mounting crisis of…
Photos: Gerry Adams
October 16, 2019
Gerry Adams TD, Former Sinn Féin President and an architect of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement (GFA), discussed the threat he believes Brexit poses to Ireland’s peace, progress and prosperity, and addressed increasing calls for an Irish Unity referendum at a National Press Club Headliners…
Photos: Fired for Being Gay
October 8, 2019
Gerald Lynn Bostock, the plaintiff named in the case of BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, was fired from his job as a county child welfare services coordinator when his employer learned he joined a gay recreational softball league. Bostock and his attorneys Brian J. Sutherland and Thomas J. Mew,…
Photos: Journalism Under Threat in Nicaragua
September 25, 2019
On September 25, 2019, the NPC’s International Correspondents Committee (ICC) and Press Freedom Team convened an event on media suppression in Nicaragua. Fresh from testifying at the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), a delegation of four Nicaraguan journalists - three of whom…
Photos: 2019 NPC Spelling Bee
September 17, 2019
Relationships between politicians and the media who cover them have been tested throughout history, but on September 17, 2019 in the National Press Club’s historic ballroom, fun and friendly competition prevailed as lawmakers and reporters competed in the uproariously entertaining Press vs.…
Photos: Building Relationships with U.S. Latinx Thought Leaders
September 16, 2019
Panelists offered insights into the U.S. Latinx market providing a larger vision to spark greater understanding of the extraordinary socio-demographic and economic diversity of U.S. Latinxs.
Photos: UMWA President Cecil Roberts
September 3, 2019
The International President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Cecil Roberts discussed the future of the coal industry and what effect he believes proposed climate change legislation and initiatives will have on the jobs outlook for coal producing regions at a National Press Club…