From Frederick Douglass to Obama, Ben Rhodes shares the speeches that explain the US in his new book, All We Say ...

A good commencement speech is not aimed at posterity, proffered to everyone for all time. Instead, it is a temporary moment in which a speaker brings a community together in the moment they share ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I explore the use of generative AI and ...

One year after Joe Biden’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman recounted how she almost didn’t read her luminous poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the ceremony that day, how she overcame fear—of failure, Covid, ...

For years, I have sat on platforms, stood behind graduation speakers, and listened to commencement speeches, thinking about their general lack of transparency. I would fantasize about whether or not ...

The 96th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday and while the gowns and the guests will be beautiful, we’ll be watching to get in our feelings with moving acceptance speeches. When director and ...

In the aftermath of the 2018 elections, where many races were full of heated rhetoric and ended in unusually close outcomes, it is refreshing to witness some outstanding examples of eloquent and ...