MacArthur Fellowship

Did some of our “Genius” rub off?

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

$500,000 with absolutely no-strings-attached. The dreamiest fellowship of them all. It’s that time of year and theMacArthur Foundationhas announced its list of fellows. We noticed among the list of ‘geniuses’ a few past Studio 360 guests. Last spring Kurt Andersen spoke toDavid Simon, the creator of The Wire and Treme on HBO and last summer […]

Ai-jen Poo, Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, stands with National Peoples Action to demand accountability for the financial crisis on May 20, 2012, Washington, DC.

She’s an organizer of America’s domestic workers — and, now, a certified ‘genius’

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