John Avlon

The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards

The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards

The Common Good Forum is an annual program presenting headline issues and the most important, forward-looking ideas affecting public policy and our lives. We are building a remarkable roster for our annual event, with participants from government, media, business, foreign affairs and tech, as well as public policy activists.

The First Presidential Debate Panel

The First Presidential Debate Panel

Join us as we review the First Presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden. How are their performances going to impact voters, did it sway anyone and other insights from the night. Our panelists reviewed and analyzed the highs and lows of the face-off between the Democrat and the Republican nominee's and how the debate may affect each ticket’s election fortunes.

The Rise of Lincoln & U.S. Division

The Rise of Lincoln & U.S. Division

The Common Good in co-sponsorship with Cooper Union presented a special conversation with author-journalist-past Presidential advisor, Sidney Blumenthal, and CNN’s John Avlon, on one of the most divisive periods in American history, the unlikely political ascendance of President Abraham Lincoln, and how the historic Lincoln is relevant today.

The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards, 2019

The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards, 2019

The Common Good Forum is an annual program presenting headline issues and the most important, forward-looking ideas affecting public policy and our lives. This year we built a remarkable roster for our annual event, with 30+ participants from government, media, business, foreign affairs and tech, as well as public policy activists…

Defending Democracy: John Avlon, Philip Bobbitt, Ian Kahn, Garry Kasparov, and Bret Stephens

Defending Democracy: John Avlon, Philip Bobbitt, Ian Kahn, Garry Kasparov, and Bret Stephens

The Common Good was proud to present a very important discussion with Garry Kasparov, Russian dissident and world chess champion, Bret Stephens, New York Times columnist, John Avlon, author of Washington’s Farewell and CNN anchor, Philip Bobbitt, constitutional law expert at Columbia University, and Ian Khan, who plays George Washington on AMC’s Turn.