Kia Franklin Kia Franklin

Kia Franklin is a senior fellow in civil justice at The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy in New York, and managing editor of the civil justice blog TortDeform.com.

Apr 2, 2010

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi

Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, a physician, is secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative. He is a member of the Palestinian Parliament and was a presidential candidate in 2005. He is a campaigner for grassroots democracy and internal reform as well as a leading figure in the nonviolent, peaceful struggle against the occupation.

Apr 2, 2010

David Weinstein David Weinstein

David Weinstein directs Harbor Connections, an educational program in Boston.

Apr 2, 2010

Laura Foner Laura Foner

Laura Foner, a long-time activist, works as a children’s librarian and as a member of City Life/Vida Urbana, a Boston organization currently focusing on fighting post-foreclosure e…

Apr 2, 2010

Naomi Chazan Naomi Chazan

Naomi Chazan became president of the New Israel Fund in June 2008. She is best known for her eleven years in the Knesset as one of the Meretz Party’s most effective legislato…

Apr 2, 2010

Richard R. John Richard R. John

Richard R. John is a professor of history and adjunct professor of communication at the University of Illinois, Chicago. His publications include Spreading the News: The American P…

Apr 2, 2010

John Conroy John Conroy

John Conroy (jconroy329 at aol.com), a Chicago journalist, is the author of Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture and Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life.

Apr 2, 2010

Clark Coolidge Clark Coolidge

Apr 2, 2010

Melissa Tuckey Melissa Tuckey

Poet Melissa Tuckey is co-director, with Sarah Browning, of the Split This Rock Poetry Festival.

Apr 2, 2010

E. Ethelbert Miller E. Ethelbert Miller

Poet E. Ethelbert Miller is chairman of the board of the Institute for Policy Studies.

Apr 2, 2010