PRESS ROOM

The office of Media and Public Relations provides notification of ongoing Commonwealth Club events to the public and the press and handles media relations. Please find below press releases and articles regarding program developments and significant events, forums, and lectures at the Club.

Founded in 1903, The Commonwealth Club has played host to a broad and distinctive array of speakers, from Teddy Roosevelt in 1911 to Nancy Pelosi in 2020. Just a sampling of other noteworthy guests includes Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Audrey Hepburn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Walter Cronkite, Milton Friedman, Jane Goodall, Tom Brokaw, Bill Gates, Stacey Abrams, David Brooks, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Reza Aslan, all of whom have delivered landmark speeches and discussions here.

For information and for media credentials, contact:
John Zipperer, Vice President of Media & Editorial
jzipperer@commonwealthclub.org
415-597-6715

In the News

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Fed’s Daly says she’s patient on rates  (CNBC)

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Kamala Harris Made Increasing Bail Costs a Priority as San Francisco DA  (LongRoom.com)

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Kamala Harris once pushed for steeper cash bail costs, saying 'people come to San Francisco to commit crimes because it's cheaper to do it'  (Latest Nigeria News)

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Muted inflation one more reason for Fed's patience: Daly  (Investing.com)

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Taraji P. Henson: The Best of Enemies  (DateBook)

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America's Roundup: Dollar flat as yield curve inversion deepens, Wall Street falls, Gold hits 3-week high, Oil prices mixed on economic slowdown fears, supply hopes-March 26th, 2019  (Econotimes)

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Bay Area political events: Jerry and Anne Gust Brown, indigenous resistance  (SF Chronicle)

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Fuel on the privacy fire, election hacking and Mueller’s time in CA  (CAL Matters)

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California’s public school chief says education no place for competition  (California Political Review)

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Prominent climate scientist to deliver talk at IU  (Indiana University News)

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Ta-Nehisi Coates: Kamala, Biden Have ‘Chilling’ Criminal Justice ‘Baggage’  (Breitbart.com)

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조윤제-해리스 대사 UC버클리 간담회  (Korea Times)

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Hear the new EPA chief Andrew Wheeler on cars, coal and climate  (MPR News)

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What say you, Murphy Brown?  (Troy Daily News)

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GAVIN pushes ‘INCLUSIVE CAPITALISM’ — KLOBUCHAR to SF today — DEVIN NUNES sues TWITTER … for $250M? — KAMALA’s record on HERBALIFE under scrutiny — BERNIE adds LA to CA campaign stops  (Politico)