The writer Anand Giridharadas says he needed to persuade himself that there's still some point in persuasion. ANAND GIRIDHARADAS: I think if you look at our political debate, it's so easy to be ...

The U.S. is highly polarized – and author Anand Giridharadas thinks writing off people with different opinions is only going to make things worse. In this episode, he tells NPR's Steve Inskeep about ...

In a subject near and dear to Gothamist's heart, the PBS show Frontline looks at the advertising-marketing-branding machine in a 90-minute program, The Persuaders. With Douglas Rushkoff corresponding, ...

When I wrote my first column for The Seattle Times three years ago, I said we must be “brave enough to talk to one another, with respect, humility and honesty.” I still believe that. But in the years ...

In 2020, bestselling author Anand Giridharadas was feeling fatalistic about America’s future. His previous book, “Winners Take All,” examined how global elites conserved their wealth and power at the ...

FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the multibillion-dollar "persuasion industries" of advertising and public relations and how marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper ...

A correction was made to this article on June 23, 2005. Ben Stiller will star in a feature remake of 1971 British TV series “The Persuaders,” with DreamWorks, Hyde Park and Granada America partnered ...