Barry Friedman Barry Friedman

Barry Friedman is the Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, and author of The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the Constitution (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009). He co-authored an amicus brief in the Affordable Care Act litigation on behalf of law professors, arguing the legislation is constitutional.

Jun 18, 2012

Jack Shaheen Jack Shaheen

Jack Shaheen is an expert on images of Arabs and Muslims in popular culture. His award-winning books include Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People and Guilty: Hollywood’s Verdict on Arabs After 9/11.

Jun 14, 2012

Abed Awad Abed Awad

Abed Awad, an attorney and expert on the role of Sharia and foreign law in American courts, teaches Islamic jurisprudence at Rutgers Law School and Pace Law School. He is also the co-founder of the blog ShariaInAmerica.com.

Jun 14, 2012

Ramzi Kassem Ramzi Kassem

Ramzi Kassem, a professor of law at the City University of New York, also supervises the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability & Responsibility (CLEAR) project, which works to meet the legal needs of Muslim, Arab, South Asian and other communities in New York City that are particularly affected by counterterrorism policies and practices.

Jun 14, 2012

Orlando Figes Orlando Figes

Jun 13, 2012

Aura Bogado Aura Bogado

Aura Bogado writes about racial justice, Native rights, and immigration for The Nation. A former host and producer for Pacifica radio, her work has also been published in Mother Jones, Newsweek Argentina, Colorlines.com and The Huffington Post. She is currently based in New York City. 

Jun 12, 2012

Institute for Local Self-Reliance Institute for Local Self-Reliance

Since 1974, ILSR has championed local self-reliance, a strategy that underscores the need for humanly scaled institutions and economies and the widest possible distribution of ownership.

Jun 12, 2012

Todd Miller Todd Miller

Todd Miller currently writes on border and immigration issues for NACLA Report on the Americas. He has researched and written about US-Mexican border issues for over a decade and has worked for BorderLinks in Tucson, Arizona, and Witness for Peace in Oaxaca, Mexico. His first book, Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security, was published by City Lights Publishers in 2014.

Jun 7, 2012

Anjuli Sastry Anjuli Sastry

Anjuli Sastry, an undergraduate at UC, Berkeley, is the assistant news editor for The Daily Cal.  

Jun 6, 2012

Lee Saunders Lee Saunders

 Lee Saunders is the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME). Saunders and his wife Lynne live in Washington, D.C.

Jun 6, 2012