Authors

Laura Flanders Laura Flanders

Contributing writer Laura Flanders is the host and founder of GRITtv with Laura Flanders, a daily talk show for people who want to do more than talk. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004) and Blue GRIT: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians  (Penguin Press, 2007). A regular contributor on MSNBC, Flanders has appeared on shows from Real Time with Bill Maher to The O’Reilly Factor. Flanders is the editor of At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-whiteness of the New Republican Right… and Why we Should Take it Seriously (October 2010, OR books). For more information, go to LauraFlanders.com or GRITtv.org.

Apr 2, 2010

Marcus G. Raskin Marcus G. Raskin

Marcus G. Raskin, a Nation editorial board member, is the author of more than twenty books and the editor, with Gregory D. Squires, of the recently published Warfare Welfare: The Not-So-Hidden Costs of America’s Permanent War Economy (Potomac Books 2012). He is a former member of President John F. Kennedy's National Security Council staff and the co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.

Apr 2, 2010

Matthew Collin Matthew Collin

Matthew Collin has written about popular culture, travel, music and drug culture for The Face, Wired, Mojo, Time Out and The Observer (London).

Apr 2, 2010

Asa Pittman Asa Pittman

Asa Pittman was a Nation intern for summer 2000.

Apr 2, 2010

Ruth Conniff Ruth Conniff

Ruth Conniff is editor at large of The Progressive magazine.

Apr 2, 2010

Linda Gordon Linda Gordon

Linda Gordon is professor of history at New York University. She is the author, among other works, of The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction (Harvard) and, with Rosalyn Baxandall, Dear…

Apr 2, 2010

Jenny Stepp Jenny Stepp

Jenny Stepp is a freelance writer and a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina.

Apr 2, 2010

Kevin Phillips Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips has been an author and commentator for four decades.

Apr 2, 2010

Cliff Rothman Cliff Rothman

Cliff Rothman is a cultural reporter at large for the New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, GQ, Vanity Fair and The Nation.

Apr 2, 2010

Daphne G. Carr Daphne G. Carr

Daphne G. Carr, a former Nation intern, is a freelance writer currently based in New Jersey.

Apr 2, 2010

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