Howard Dean

Politicos had long held a candidate's electability to be as important as their ideology. Then Donald Trump came along.

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

And why it's important to remember that the speech isn't everything.