Author Bios

Melvin Goodman is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University. He was division chief and senior analyst at the Office of Soviet Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency from 1976 to …

Nicole Sandler (@nicolesandler) is host of The Nicole Sandler Show weekday mornings 10-noon ET at www.radioornot.com.

Robert Weiner, a Paterson native, was spokesman for the White House National Drug Policy Office and helped create the World Anti-Doping Agency and US Anti-Doping Agency that coordinate testing …

Özgür Orhangazi is Associate Professor of Economics at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Turkey. He previously taught economics at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Özgür’s research includes the 2008 …

Ron Nixon is a reporter for The New York Times.

Tench Phillips is the co-owner of Naro Cinema in Norfolk, Va.

Richard Long is a contributor to The Campaign for America's Future.

Ramona Wadi is an independent researcher, freelance journalist, book reviewer and blogger specializing in the struggle for memory in Chile and Palestine, Latin American political thought and anti-imperialist struggle.