Authors

Michael J. Klarman Michael J. Klarman

Michael J. Klarman, James Monroe Professor of Law and professor of history at the University of Virginia, is the author of From Jim Crow to Civil Rights: The Supreme Court and the…

Apr 2, 2010

Robert L. Carter Robert L. Carter

Robert L. Carter, a senior United States district judge, Southern District of New York, was chief assistant to Thurgood Marshall from 1945 to 1956 and NAACP general counsel from 19…

Apr 2, 2010

Jack Bass Jack Bass

Jack Bass is professor of humanities and social sciences at the College of Charleston. His books include Unlikely Heroes (University of Alabama) and Taming the Storm (University of…

Apr 2, 2010

Alan Richard Alan Richard

Alan Richard writes about the South and rural America for Education Week, the leading national K-12 education newspaper. A South Carolina native and former journalist there, he is…

Apr 2, 2010

Michael Honey Michael Honey

Michael Honey holds the Harry Bridges Endowed Chair of Labor Studies at the University of Washington and teaches at the University of Washington in Tacoma. His writings include Bla…

Apr 2, 2010

Claude M. Steele Claude M. Steele

Claude M. Steele, the Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, is the author, with Asa Hilliard III and Theresa Perry, of Young, Gifted, and Black: Prom…

Apr 2, 2010

Paul Mitchinson Paul Mitchinson

Paul Mitchinson, a historian in Toronto, has written on music for the National Post, Newsday and Andante.com.

Apr 2, 2010

Ben Adler Ben Adler

Ben Adler reports on Republican and conservative politics and media for The Nation as a Contributing Writer. He previously covered national politics and policy as national editor of Newsweek.com at Newsweek, a staff writer at Politico, a reporter-researcher at The New Republic,and editor of CampusProgress.org at the Center for American Progress. Ben also writes regularly about architecture, urban issues and domestic social policy.  Ben was the first urban leaders fellow, and later the first federal policy correspondent, at Next American City. He has been an online columnist, blogger and regular contributor for The American Prospect. He currently writes regularly for The Economist's Democracy in America blog, and MSNBC.com's Lean Forward.  His writing has also appeared in Architect, Architectural Record,The Atlantic,Columbia Journalism Review, The Daily Beast, Democracy, Good, Grist, The Guardian, In These Times, New York, The Progressive, Reuters, Salon, The Washington Examiner and The Washington Monthly and has been reprinted in several books. Ben grew up in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from Wesleyan University. You can follow him on Twitter.

Apr 2, 2010

Dahr Jamail Dahr Jamail

Dahr Jamail, a TomDispatch regular, is a recipient of numerous honors, including the Martha Gellhorn Award for Journalism for his work in Iraq and the Izzy Award for Outstanding Ac…

Apr 2, 2010

Jeff Blum Jeff Blum

Jeff Blum was founding executive director of USAction and leader of multiple state and national pro-transit campaigns.

Apr 2, 2010

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