Alex Woodson

Dec 10, 2024 | carnegiecouncil.org | Alex Woodson

Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is 60 years old in 2024, but really the only aspect of it that feels dated is the ubiquity of cigarettes. Humans, collectively, probably feel mostly the same about nuclear weapons in 2024 as they did in 1964.

Jul 15, 2024 | carnegiecouncil.org | Alex Woodson

Jul 15, 2024 • Article Speaking about “caste” is exceedingly difficult, especially in the United States. Americans know how to talk about race, class, or status, albeit most of the time uncomfortably. But caste, more than any of these other forms of classification, is at complete odds with the “American dream” that anyone can be rich, famous, powerful, and accepted by all if you work hard enough.

May 3, 2024 | carnegiecouncil.org | Alex Woodson

On April 17, 2024, representatives from Carnegie Council's Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC) initiative took part in a panel discussion led by St. Francis College’s Forum on Migration as part of its Third Annual Conference on International Migration in Brooklyn, New York.

Jan 25, 2024 | carnegiecouncil.org | Alex Woodson

In a new interview series, Carnegie Council editor Alex Woodson speaks with members of the inaugural Carnegie Ethics Fellows cohort. ALEX WOODSON: Was there a moment for you that made you interested in ethics in your professional life? HINH TRAN: Growing up in Silicon Valley during the 90s and early 2000s meant I was young enough to have grown up as a digital native, but old enough to have experienced the end of the analog age.

Dec 19, 2023 | carnegiecouncil.org | Alex Woodson

Martin Scorsese’s films, especially those focused on mobsters, have certain hallmarks: they’re overly long, but still watchable; there are lots of side characters that you wished you knew more about; and the gangsters, whatever awful things they may do, have a certain amount of charm. But it’s perhaps overlooked that these films do have a strong moral center.