Author Bios

Umar Farooq is an independent journalist whose work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Al Jazeera English, IRIN News, The Wall Street Journal, The …

Jim Spencer works in the Star Tribune's Washington DC Bureau. He covers the intersection of Minnesota businesses and industry with national politics, legislation, and regulation.

Rob Prince is the publisher of the Colorado Progressive Jewish News.

Richard Levy is a civil rights attorney and a passenger on ‘The Audacity of Hope.’

Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords, is Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University.