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Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy.
Senior Writer & Editor, The Contrarian
data-driven journalist and author of STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. i write about politics, public opinion, and elections using facts and math
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Culture writer
Award winning political cartoonist. Once fired for drawing Donald Trump cartoons.
Ilan Goldenberg is Chief Policy Officer at J Street. He served as Vice President Kamala Harris's Special Advisor on the Middle East at the White House and Jewish Outreach Director on the 2024 Presidential campaign.
Proud Contrarian Contributor! Jennifer Weiss-Wolf is executive director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at NYU School of Law. She also leads strategy and partnerships at Ms. Magazine.
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. Find him on Substack at nickanderson.substack.com.
Independent journalist with the Contrarian, litigator with Democracy Defenders Action and friend of Jim!
Longest Serving Black White House Correspondent in History. Author, Speaker, Mother and Wife. Host of The Tea with April.
Founder and executive chair of Share Our Strength
President & CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights, former candidate for NYC Mayor, author of “Remember You Are A Wiley”
Head of Data Science @VoteHub. Yale Polling. Political data analysis, demographics, and US elections. Yale ‘25, Harvard MS ‘27.
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