Authors

Aviva Chomsky Aviva Chomsky

Aviva Chomsky is professor of history and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University in Massachusetts. Her most recent book is Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal (Beacon Press, 2014).

Aug 25, 2014

The St. Louis American Editorial Board The St. Louis American Editorial Board

The only local African-American newspaper continuously published since 1928, and the longest continuously published weekly newspaper in the St. Louis area, The St. Louis American newspaper has emerged as the leading, most-trusted voice of the area’s African-American community .

Aug 22, 2014

Deepa Iyer Deepa Iyer

Deepa Iyer is the former director of South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT), and she is currently working on a book about the changing American racial landscape. She serves on the Board of Directors of Race Forward. Find her at www.deepaiyer.me and @dviyer on Twitter.

Aug 20, 2014

Randy Albelda Randy Albelda

Randy Albelda is a professor of economics and senior research fellow at the Center for Social Policy at University of Massachusetts Boston. She is coauthor of the books, Glass Ceilings and Bottomless Pits: Women’s Work, Women’s Poverty; Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Wage Discrimination; and The War on the Poor: A Defense Manual.

Aug 20, 2014

Lyle Jeremy Rubin Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Lyle Jeremy Rubin is a PhD candidate in American history at the University of Rochester. He served in the United States Marine Corps for five years, and nearly a year of that service in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Aug 19, 2014

Alex S. Vitale Alex S. Vitale

Alex S. Vitale is associate professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and author of City of Disorder: How the Quality of Life Campaign Transformed New York Politics. He is senior adviser to the Police reform Organizing Project and serves on the New York State Advisory Committee to the US Civil Right Commission. His Twitter handle is @avitale. 

Aug 18, 2014

Maibe Ponet Maibe Ponet

Maibe Ponet is the Deputy Press Secretary for the Office of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Aug 18, 2014

Andrew Elrod Andrew Elrod

Aug 14, 2014

William D. Cohan William D. Cohan

William D. Cohan,  a former senior Wall Street investment banker and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, is the author of The Price of Silence: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal, the Power of the Elite, and the Corruption of Our Great Universities.

Aug 13, 2014

Robert M. Morgenthau Robert M. Morgenthau

Robert M. Morgenthau is the former district attorney of New York County. He is of counsel to Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Hatz.

Aug 13, 2014

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