Tom Tomorrow Tom Tomorrow
Tom Tomorrow’s nationally syndicated political cartoon, This Modern World, has run in alternative papers around the country for more than twenty years. His cartoons and illustrations have been featured in The New York Times, US News & World Report, The New Yorker, The American Prospect, The Nation, Spin and Esquire, and on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He was awarded the first place Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Cartooning in 1998 and again in 2003. He has also been awarded the Media Alliance Meritorious Achievement Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Society of Professional Journalists’ James Madison Freedom of Information Award, the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, and the Association for Education in Journalism Professional Freedom and Responsiblity Award. In the early years of the Bush administration, his work was adapted into a series of online animations, which can be viewed at thismodernworld.com/animation-and-film. He has been blogging since October of 2001, making him one of the earliest pioneers of the liberal blogosphere. He is the author of nine previous cartoon compilations and one book for children, and in 2009 collaborated with the band Pearl Jam to create the artwork for their album, Backspacer. A long time resident of both San Francisco and Brooklyn, he currently lives just outside of New Haven, Connecticut with his wife and son.
Apr 29, 2010
Joseph Featherstone Joseph Featherstone
Joseph Featherstone is professor of education emeritus at Michigan State University and, most recently, co-author of Transforming Teacher Education: Reflections from the Field.
Apr 29, 2010
Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva
Vandana Shiva, originally a physicist, founded Navdanya in 1987. Among her books are Stolen Harvest and Soil Not Oil.
Apr 29, 2010
Michael Meeropol Michael Meeropol
Mike Meeropol is currently Visiting Professor of Economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. He is a regular economics commentator on WAMC FM radio in Albany, NY. He is the author of Surrender: How the Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution.
Apr 29, 2010
Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg
Apr 29, 2010
Robin Broad Robin Broad
Robin Broad is a professor at American University's School of International Service. Her most recent book, co-authored by John Cavanagh, is Development Redefined: How the Market Met Its Match.
Apr 29, 2010
Peter Weiss Peter Weiss
Peter Weiss is an international lawyer and a vice president of the Center for Constitutional Rights
Apr 29, 2010
Chase Madar Chase Madar
Chase Madar is a civil rights attorney in New York and the author of The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story behind the Wikileaks Whistleblower (Verso). He tweets @ChMadar.
Apr 29, 2010
Michael Hudson Michael Hudson
Apr 29, 2010
Ed Vulliamy Ed Vulliamy
Ed Vulliamy, a reporter for the Observer and the Guardian, is the author of Amexica: War Along the Borderline. In 2004 he was shortlisted for an Amnesty International Media Award for his reporting from Ciudad Juárez.
Apr 29, 2010