Camilo José Vergara Camilo José Vergara
Camilo José Vergara, a Chilean-born photographer and writer, was presented with the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in 2013.
Apr 29, 2010
David M. Kotz David M. Kotz
David M. Kotz is author of The Rise and Fall of Neoliberal Capitalism, Harvard University Press, 2015 (January).
Apr 29, 2010
Dan Rather Dan Rather
Dan Rather, the former news anchor for CBS Evening News, is the managing editor and anchor of the TV newsmagazine Dan Rather Reports on HDNet.
Apr 29, 2010
Eric Mann Eric Mann
Eric Mann, director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, is a veteran of the Congress of Racial Equality, the host of KPFK’s Voices From the Frontlines and author of Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer. He can be reached at [email protected].
Apr 29, 2010
Eileen Boris Eileen Boris
Apr 29, 2010
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