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Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy.
Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. Find him on Substack at nickanderson.substack.com.
Former federal prosecutor. MSNOW legal contributor. Law Professor. Writes with chickens & knitting at hand. Author of Civil Discourse on Substack. My first book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, is a NYT bestseller!
I explain government in clear, simple terms. I host "Civics Made Easy" on PBS and my book, "What Does the Constitution Actually Say?", is a #1 Amazon Bestseller (and there's a kids version for ages 8-12). I have to stop because I'm at 250 characters.
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Independent journalist with the Contrarian, litigator with Democracy Defenders Action and friend of Jim!
Retired senior U.S. intelligence official and professor of strategic intelligence. Writes The Safehouse Briefing on Substack and contributes to Just Security and The Contrarian.
Host, This Is Wisconsin with Civic Media | Author, This is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy—out 7/21
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.
Journalist, author, political analyst, 'a fierce voice in terrifying times." Harvard fellow and ex-NYT columnist. Two best-selling books and two documentaries. And, oh yeah, there's an opera about my life. But hey, who's keeping track. LOL
Longest Serving Black White House Correspondent in History. Author, Speaker, Mother and Wife. Host of The Tea with April.
CEO of LULAC, the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States. CEO, LULAC National Institute (C3). Views are my own.
Policy Director, American Immigration Council; immigration/civil rights attorney; Stanford Law School, Northwestern Univ; proud immigrant!
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