Commentary - America's Future

By Cindy Cerquitella • Aug 30,2019 Culture

Learn it, Live it, Love it: The Important Conversations Edition

Learn It: For those of you, like me, that are intrigued by building a brand and a lifestyle, peek behind the curtain at Starbucks’ branding doc. Live it: There’s been...

By Emily Mishler • Aug 27,2019 Career Advice

Remote Work: The Mental Re-Route

The prospect of any major life change can not only be daunting and terrifying, but sometimes the most terrifying thing can be taking a big leap into the unknown. Whether...

By Lyndsey Fifield • Aug 26,2019 Career Advice

4 Ways To Handle DC Drinking Culture

Whether you’re new in town or you’ve been inside the beltway a while, you’ve probably noticed the prevalence of open bar events and non-stop happy hour invitations. If you’re tired...

By Eric Kohn • Aug 23,2019 Culture

Saving College Campuses from Themselves

Robby Soave recognized that something was different on college campuses early on. Soave first came to fame, and perhaps infamy in some quarters, for his dogged reporting on the 2014...

By Josh Evans • Aug 21,2019 AF Community

Weekly Writers Round-Up: Perspective on Recessions, the Ideology of Public Schools, and the Dangers of an Extended Trade War

Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...

By Chaz Cirame • Aug 20,2019 Career Advice

Permissionless Success: Stop waiting, and start innovating at work

“I need more direction from my boss(or client or board)”. It’s a refrain I hear often, I have even said it myself , and it is an outlook that causes...