Authors

Eric Laursen Eric Laursen

Eric Laursen is an independent journalist based in New York. He is currently writing a book on the history of Social Security policy-making since 1980.

Apr 2, 2010

Todd Oppenheimer Todd Oppenheimer

Todd Oppenheimer, winner of the National Magazine Award, is the author of The Flickering Mind: The False Promise of Technology in the Classroom and How Learning Can Be Saved (Rando…

Apr 2, 2010

Stanley Hoffmann Stanley Hoffmann

Stanley Hoffmann is the Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1955. The author of numerous books on French and inter…

Apr 2, 2010

Lutz Kleveman Lutz Kleveman

Lutz Kleveman ([email protected]) is the author of The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia (Atlantic Books, www.newgreatgame.com).

Apr 2, 2010

Douglas Wolk Douglas Wolk

Douglas Wolk writes on pop for the Village Voice, Rolling Stone and other publications. His book James Brown Live at the Apollo will be published by Continuum Books this summer.

Apr 2, 2010

William Deresiewicz William Deresiewicz

William Deresiewicz is a Nation contributing writer whose Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life is forthcoming in August from the Free Press.

Apr 2, 2010

Beth Shulman Beth Shulman

Beth Shulman is a lawyer and consultant focusing on work-related issues and author of The Betrayal of Work: How Low-Wage Jobs Fail 30 Million Americans (New Press).

Apr 2, 2010

David Thomson David Thomson

David Thomson is the author of The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film and a book on Nicole Kidman, to be published in September (all fr…

Apr 2, 2010

Mark Engler Mark Engler

Mark Engler is a senior analyst with Foreign Policy in Focus, an editorial board member at Dissent and a contributing editor at Yes! Magazine. He is writing a book with Paul Engler about the evolution of political nonviolence, and can be reached at  www.DemocracyUprising.com.

Apr 2, 2010

Barbara Lawton Barbara Lawton

Barbara Lawton is Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin.

Apr 2, 2010

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