Dado Banatao Innovator
He didn’t merely escape poverty: he engineered paths for those who came up behind him.
From This is True for 27 December 2025
Volume 11
2024-2025
Betty Reid Soskin Ranger
“What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering.”
From This is True for 21 December 2025
Charles Norman Shay Combat medic
“I have always been proud to be a medic. It’s a special privilege.”
From This is True for 14 December 2025
Ena Collymore-Woodstock Judge
She simply wouldn’t take no for an answer.
From This is True for 7 December 2025
Stephen Downing Police writer
A retired Deputy Chief of LAPD, Downing came to completely oppose the War on Drugs as the cost, in money and lives, is worse than the drug problem.
From This is True for 23 November 2025
Duane Roberts Burrito magnate
Roberts got rich from a singular idea: freezing burritos.
From This is True for 9 November 2025
Andrew Stofan Rocket scientist
Stofan’s groundbreaking work made manned and unmanned rocket launches possible, and massively safer.
From This is True for 2 November 2025
Sofia Corradi Educational innovator
“I promised myself that no other student would ever suffer an insult like the one I had suffered.”
From This is True for 19 October 2025
John Gurdon Cell reprogramming pioneer
Gurdon’s groundwork underpins today’s regenerative medicine.
From This is True for 12 October 2025