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  • Susan Zakin

    Journalist: GQ, Vogue, Salon, The New York Times, etc. Author: Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the Environmental Movement, a few others. MFA in fiction. Stepmom to brilliant, amusing boys.

  • The Coop Scoop

    Marc Cooper is an award winning writer, journalist and professor.

  • MR DAVID WEISS

    Playa, road scholar, insurgent.

  • JP Sottile

    I was raised by a pack of wild televisions.

  • Olga Lautman

    Researcher & Analyst: Russian Intelligence & Influence Operations | Senior Fellow: CEPA | Senior Investigative Researcher: Institute for European Integrity. For investigative tips: [email protected] https://linktr.ee/olgalautman

  • Robert Reich

    Professor, writer, former Secretary of Labor, author of The System, The Common Good, Saving Capitalism, Aftershock, Supercapitalism, The Work of Nations. Co-creator of "Inequality for All" and "Saving Capitalism." Co-founder of Inequality Media

  • Benjamin Stuart Reed

    Benjamin Stuart Reed is a U.S. Army veteran and writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, The Daily Beast, Le Devoir, and Asia Times. He fought in Ukraine. He is wanted by the Russian Federation for fighting in Ukraine and is writing a memoir.

  • Bryan C. Del Monte

    I write The Long Memo: what’s really happening to America, why, and what it means for you. Former DoD policy official. Stakes, not outrage.

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