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  • Shikha Dalmia

    I'm the editor of The UnPopulist

  • Jacob Grier

    Jacob Grier is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, and co-founder of the link-sharing app Seabird. His books include "The New Prohibition," "The Rediscovery of Tobacco," and "Raising the Bar" (with Brett Adams).

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    Senior editor at The UnPopulist.

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    Debasish Roy Chowdhury is co-author of "To Kill A Democracy: India's Passage to Despotism" (OUP/Pan Macmillan)

  • Berny Belvedere

    Senior Editor of The UnPopulist. Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism (ISMA).

  • Stan Veuger

    I am a senior fellow in economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. Veugerity is my monthly newsletter — a roundup of what I've been writing, saying, and doing.

  • Pouya Nikmand

    I'm a writer who escaped Iran and embarked on a perilous, ongoing journey to reach freedom in the United States—my favorite country. I write to bring out what's good in people because I've seen too much of the bad in them. [email protected]

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    Rabbi, writer, creator of faith250 and American Scripture Project, spiritual leader of Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation.

  • David J. Bier

    I am Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute and occupy The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy

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    Chris Purdy is the founder and CEO of The Chamberlain Network, an organization that empowers veterans to defend democracy in their communities He served in the U.S. Army from 2004 to 2012.

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    I am Professor at Luiss University in Rome, and Director of the Illiberalism Studies Program at the George Washington University. I write Vivatopia, a Substack on political imaginaries, lived ideologies, and our political futures.

  • Mike Masnick

    Founder and CEO of Floor64 and editor of Techdirt. Writer, speaker, game designer, and advocate for innovation, free speech, and open internet principles.

  • Chris Edelson

    Author of three books on emergency presidential power, most recently Above the Law? The Evolution of Emergency Presidential Power.

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