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The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum. As a non-partisan forum, The Club brings to the public airwaves diverse viewpoints on important t...

In Academy Award-winning director Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, The Christophers, the children of a once famous artist hire a forger to c...

Bestselling author Cleo Wade returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs with a hug of a book—her latest, In a World of Sunrises, a collectio...

Sometimes mothers are biological; other times, they’re chosen. But often, they're the fiercest people you can have on your side. In this spe...

Join us at Commonwealth Club World Affairs for an intimate and candid conversation with patients from Osra Medical who are living proof that...

Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta says he was surprised that the Trump administration apparently had no plan to deal with the closure...

Steve Phillips, bestselling author of Brown Is the New White, returns to Commonwealth Club World Affairs to present his provocative new argu...

The first place many people looked following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was Taiwan, long in the sights of the communist government of main...

What is Trumpism and how long will it last? A new book by political scientist and author Dr. Larry N. Gerston defines Trumpism as an ideolog...

In 2021, legendary investor John Doerr outlined his plan to solve climate change in his bestseller “Speed & Scale.” The plan outlines 10 o...

When Grete and Julius fled Nazi Germany, they never imagined they’d be forced into hiding in a Dutch attic. While in hiding, their daughter...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has a lot in common with his Democratic opponents in the race for California governor. Like them, he is making aff...

“I don’t know who discovered water, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a fish.” Like a fish in water, we rarely notice the cultural forces that s...

This year, one of the most powerful politicians in the country decided not to seek re-election. For nearly 38 years, Nancy Pelosi has repres...

Join us for a special Songkran program celebrating the Southeast Asian New Year. We’ll bring together Lao American community members who wil...

Jennifer Doleac studies the economics of crime and discrimination. And when she considers criminal justice reform, she’s not only hopeful bu...

It is a question just about everyone confronts in their life, and it centers on how we find our way in the world. How do we deal with challe...

Change can come from out of nowhere. A relationship ends, a doctor gives an unwelcome diagnosis, a business closes, a loved one passes away....

Finding one's voice in climate action can come in many forms. Author and activist Taylor Brorby grew up in Center, North Dakota as a fourth-...

Rarely does a historian of science have the opportunity, in the midst of changing trends in a science, to point backwards in time and explai...

Congress has long been a punching bag for American dissatisfaction with their government or with the direction of the country. But its unpop...

Acclaimed historian Howard W. French’s new book, The Second Emancipation, recasts the liberation of 20th century Africa through the lens of...

Join us at the North End of Pier 35 for a private tour of the SS Jeremiah O’Brien. See what Rosie the Riveter and Wendy the Welder helped cr...

When House of Representatives Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement last year, USA Today called her “the most powerful woman...

The star of the evening is Genny Lim, San Francisco’s current poet laureate—an acclaimed poet, playwright and performer whose work reflects...

We are living through a time where big positive change seems unachievable, but there are two instances from the recent past that prove chang...

About half the global population spends some amount of their leisure time playing games, whether it’s a board game after dinner with friends...

What is “great replacement theory” and how did it come to be a powerful fuel for right-wing nationalist groups in the United States and arou...

Join us in-person or online to hear a grounded and intimate portrait of life by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. His new book, Where We K...

How can corporate scandals—from Enron to the Facebook privacy controversy—change the way the world works for the better?Political scientists...

Join Emmy Award–winning journalist Dion Lim and San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins for a timely conversation on justice, account...

In a moment when nearly everything feels polarized, Benji Backer is trying to carve out a different path, one where caring about the natural...

Change does not begin with institutions. It begins with people. In honor of Women’s History Month, Commonwealth Club World Affairs convenes...

Most every page of Andy Weir’s latest sci-fi novel, Project Hail Mary, glows with the promise of science and technology. In Weir’s first nov...

Billionaire investor and climate activist Tom Steyer says he’s running for governor “to make California affordable again.” And that, he says...

On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran, killing the country’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Iran resp...

For decades we’ve seen nations exercise geopolitical dominance tied to their production and control of fossil fuels – especially oil. But th...

In October of 1066 William of Normandy defeated King Harold II of England on a battlefield near Hastings, and the effects of that Norman Con...

At its most functional level, clothing serves as essential physical protection from the environment, soft armor and tangible comfort. Visual...

The phrase “eat the rich”—attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau during the French Revolution—has exploded across Gen Z and Millennial consciou...

March is Women’s History Month, and we’re marking it by featuring the voices of women shaping California at every level of leadership. This...

As the war on diversity upends government, corporate and education policies, the history of the idea of diversity has never been more import...

More than perhaps any other state, Hawaii has major incentives to decarbonize. Imported oil accounts for about 90% of Hawaii's total energy...

In 1993, the San Francisco organization that would become the Young Women’s Freedom Center made history by becoming one of the first nonprof...

Jonathan Turley writes, “From redcoats to robots, our challenges have changed. Yet, we have remained. Our greatest danger is not forgetting...

Join Carly Schwartz, former San Francisco Examiner editor in chief and founding editor of HuffPost’s San Francisco bureau, for the launch of...

A pioneer of social psychology, Stanford scholar Claude M. Steele is renowned for Whistling Vivaldi, a runaway bestseller that analyzed soci...

Sometimes, because of the current political pushback, one can get the false impression that the academic attention that has recently been pa...

Today, as it nears its 50th anniversary, Apple is a global behemoth, one of the most valuable companies on the planet. But it’s been a rough...

Once a marvel of modern science, plastic has become so inextricably woven into our lives that imagining a world without it seems impossible....

Called the “Godfather of the Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia” by Fortune magazine, Kanwal Rekhi’s successful journey through the top ranks of...