MIT’s Noam Chomsky and Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Children’s Alliance discuss A Child’s View of Gaza, the book of Palestinian children’s artwork slated for exhibition at the Oakland Museum of Children’s Art. The exhibition was canceled at the last minute without explanation.

In a culture that is increasingly visual and virtual in orientation, what role does old-fashioned reading play? Author and essayist Wendy Lesser discusses her latest book Why I Read with poet Robert Pinsky.

Afro-American scholar and philosopher K. Anthony Appiah considers the idea of a community founded on the principles of inclusion, hope, and mutual respect, a community that transcends the polarizing rhetoric of racism.