/u/macfound's posts in /r/IAmA
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.
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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IamA Danielle Bassett, a physicist/bioengineer (and MacArthur Fellow) analyzing how the brain works. I recently authored a study identifying the neural basis behind multitasking. AMA!
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