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Michael Schiffmann

US journalist Hans Bennett and German author Michael Schiffmann are the co-founders of Journalists for Mumia Abu-Jamal, an independent, media-activist organization that confronts mainstream media bias and creates its …
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Linda Ford

Linda Ford is the author of ‘Iron-Jawed Angels: The Suffrage Militancy of the National Woman's Party,’ 1991, and is currently working on a book about the history of women …
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Danny Weil

Danny Weil is a writer for Project Censored and Daily Censored. He received the Project Censored ‘Most Censored’ News Stories of 2009-10 award for his article: 'Neoliberalism, Charter Schools …
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David Lightman

David Lightman covers Congress and Election 2012 for McClatchy Newspapers.
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Tom Tomorrow

Tom Tomorrow is the creator of the weekly political cartoon, This Modern World, which appears in approximately 80 newspapers across the US, and on websites such as Daily Kos, …
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Igor Volsky

Igor Volsky is the Health Care and LGBT Editor for ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. He also writes on LGBT Equality issues. Igor is co-author …
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John Dear

John Dear is an internationally recognized voice for peace and nonviolence. A Jesuit priest, pastor, activist, and author, he travels the world teaching active nonviolence in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin …