Ben Bagdikian Press freedom champion
Bagdikian pushed forward the publication of The Pentagon Papers.
From This is True for 13 March 2016
hero
Selfless humans who chose to risk their own safety or lives to improve the human condition or save others.
Tibor Rubin Ignored hero
“To [my mother], to save somebody’s life is the greatest honor. And I did that.”
From This is True for 13 December 2015
George Sakato Real American
“I’m an American and I want to be respected as an American, even though I look like the enemy.”
From This is True for 6 December 2015
Adel Termos The very brave
“To decide that the collective lives of those around you are more important than your own is something that I think no one will ever understand.”
From This is True for 15 November 2015
Ken Taylor Canadian Caper diplomat
Taylor organized the “Canadian Caper” to save would-be hostages.
From This is True for 18 October 2015
Frances Oldham Kelsey Fussy bureaucrat
Kelsey saved the U.S. from most of the horrors of the “thalidomide baby” crisis.
From This is True for 9 August 2015
Helen Bamber Good listener
Bamber spent her entire professional life helping victims of torture.
From This is True for 24 August 2014
John Houbolt NASA engineer
Houbolt insisted NASA’s plan wrong, and risked his career to push an alternative. If he hadn’t, we wouldn’t have succeeded in landing on the moon.
From This is True for 20 April 2014
A. Richard Grossman Burn doctor
Dr. Grossman revolutionized burn care.
From This is True for 16 March 2014
Lee Lorch Mathematician
Met Life was unamused, and got him fired from his new job, too.
From This is True for 2 March 2014