Jesse Taylor Jesse Taylor

Jesse Taylor is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, and a former member of the staff of the Governor of Ohio under Ted Strickland. He's a longtime political blogger who writes at Pandagon.net.

Jul 18, 2011

Mary van Valkenburg Mary van Valkenburg

Jul 18, 2011

Richard Sennett Richard Sennett

Richard Sennett, who teaches at New York University and the London School of Economics, is the author, most recently, of Together: The Rituals, Pleasures, and Politics of Cooperation.

Jul 13, 2011

Lauren Damme Lauren Damme

Lauren Damme is a senior policy analyst at the New America Foundation.

Jul 13, 2011

Laura Dresser Laura Dresser

Laura Dresser is the associate director of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy.

Jul 12, 2011

Wendell Potter Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter, a former insurance industry executive, is a senior analyst at the Center for Public Integrity and a senior fellow at the Center for Media and Democracy. He is the author of  Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.

Jul 12, 2011

Lisa Graves Lisa Graves

Lisa Graves, a former deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department, is the executive director of the Center for Media and Democracy and the publisher of ALEC Exposed, SourceWatch and PRWatch.

Jul 12, 2011

Julie Underwood Julie Underwood

Julie Underwood, JD, PhD, is dean of the School of Education and a professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She was previously the general counsel of the National School Boards Association. The opinions are her own and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Wisconsin.

Jul 12, 2011

Gregory Pardlo Gregory Pardlo

Jul 12, 2011

Mariah Blake Mariah Blake

Mariah Blake is a writer based in Washington, DC. Her work has appeared in Mother Jones, the New Republic, Foreign Policy, the Washington Monthly and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other publications.

Jul 8, 2011