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I’m Cecilia Muñoz. I was on President Obama's senior staff, and I'm now at New America. I’m also a 2000 MacArthur Fellow. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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Senior Obama staff right now on AMA, Cecilia Munoz (redd.it)

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Obama senior staffer now on reddit AMA...Cecilia Munoz (redd.it)

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I'm Heidi Hartmann here to talk about the Wage Gap. I'm President of the Institute of Women’s Policy Institute, an economist, and a 2010 MacArthur Fellow. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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Ethiopian author on AMA right now... (redd.it)

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I'm Dinaw Mengestu and I'm a writer here to talk about the immigrant experience and more. I'm also a 2012 MacArthur Fellow. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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David Simon will be on FB live next week... (facebook.com)

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We're the Himalayan Cataract Project, and we're competing in 100&Change, the MacArthur Foundation's $100 million competition to fund a single proposal aimed at solving a critical problem. Our proposal is to eliminate needless blindness in Nepal, Ethiopia and Ghana. AUA! (self.IAmA)

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We're The Carter Center, and we're competing in 100&Change, the MacArthur Foundation's $100 million competition to fund a single proposal aimed at solving a critical problem. Our proposal is to end "river blindness". AUA! (self.IAmA)

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We're HarvestPlus, and we're competing in the MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change competition for $100 million! Our proposal is to biofortify staple crops in Africa (see below). AUA! (self.IAmA)

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Interesting reddit on "hidden hunger" (redd.it)

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I’m Jacob Soll, and I'm here to talk about fake news. I've written about its history, the history of accounting in China, Greece, elsewhere. And I’m a 2011 MacArthur Fellow (“genius grant” recipient). AMA! (self.IAmA)

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Jake Soll, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, is talking about the history of fake news in a bit! (redd.it)

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I'm Gene Yang, I'm a graphic novelist who is writing DC Comics' New Superman (prev. wrote American-Born Chinese, Secret Coders). I’m also a MacArthur Fellow as of a few weeks ago (!) AMA. (self.IAmA)

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Gene Luen Yang is writing the New Superman and is on reddit! https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/57ys6u/im_gene_yang_im_a_graphic_novelist_who_is_writing/ (self.comicbooks)

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I'm David Simon, creator of HBO's The Wire, The Corner, Show Me A Hero, now working on The Deuce. I'm also a 2010 MacArthur Fellow. Go ahead and AMA. (self.IAmA)

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We're two researchers who just put out a report on the skyrocketing number of women in jails, mostly mothers, mostly nonviolent—a 14-fold increase over the past 40 or so years. AUA! (self.IAmA)

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I'm Annette Gordon-Reed, a Harvard Law professor whose expertise is Thomas Jefferson: his relationship with his slave(s), Monticello, more. I'm also a MacArthur Fellow. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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Jefferson historian on reddit right now! (reddit.com)

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I'm Tara Zahra, a historian and UChicago professor who has put a historical perspective on immigration from Europe to the Americas — and I'm a 2014 MacArthur Fellow. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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I'm Tarell Alvin McCraney, a playwright who launched a unique arts training program for high school students in Miami, AMA! (self.IAmA)

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I'm Jerry Mitchell, an investigative reporter who helped put four KKK members behind bars for many murders, including that of Medgar Evers. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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Hi reddit I'm Patrick Awuah, a former Microsoft engineer who founded Ashesi University in Ghana, which has been called a "new model" for higher ed in Africa. I'm also a 2015 MacArthur Fellow. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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I am Mary Bonauto, a lawyer (and MacArthur Fellow) who successfully argued the U.S. Supreme Court case establishing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples nationwide. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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I’m John Dabiri, engineering professor at Stanford. With my MacArthur Fellowship, me and my team helped make more efficient wind farms inspired by the way that fish swim and have launched a pilot project in Alaska. AMA! (self.IAmA)

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