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  • Debra Shushan

    Dr. Debra Shushan is a Middle East and US foreign policy expert. A senior resident affiliate at Georgetown's Center for Jewish Civilization, she’s taught at top colleges and directed Israel-Palestine policy & advocacy at Jewish non-profits. Yale PhD.

  • Jess Craven

    Activist, organizer. Author of Chop Wood Carry Water Daily Actions. Political content creator. @jesscraven101 on all socials.

  • Abdul El-Sayed

    Public servant running for U.S. Senate because it shouldn't be THIS hard to get by. Michigan born and raised. Girl Dad. Doctor.

  • Ami Fields-Meyer

    NYT bestselling author of ON COURAGE: HOW TO BE A DISSIDENT IN AN AGE OF FEAR | Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, former Senior Policy Advisor to the Vice President of the United States | amifieldsmeyer.com

  • Joshua Leifer

    Haaretz columnist. Author of TABLETS SHATTERED. Contributor to NYT, NYRB, The Guardian and elsewhere. Member of the Dissent editorial board.

  • Joe Cirincione

    Joe Cirincione is a national security analyst and author with over 45 years of experience. I have been a congressional staffer, a program director, a philanthropist, an advisor the the State Department and three presidential campaigns. Now, I write.

  • Deb Amos

    Recovering journalist- news junkie. Recently became an academic. Still getting used to this alien world. Book writer- born to deliver the news. Thanks to Princeton's Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination for support for my project.

  • THE LEFT HOOK with Wajahat Ali

    The Left Hook is a thoroughly opinionated and biased intellectual playground for people who enjoy political, cultural, and religious hot takes without corporate censorship and nonsense centrism.

  • Lawrence Winnerman

    Queer sci-fi author writing The Hinge & The Near Field—essays on how democracy bends, fiction on where it lands. Now: Rewiring the Republic—43 repairs, mild to wild. COO @ Blue Amp Media. Co-host, The Daily Whatever Show. Gay AF \ud83c\udff3️‍\ud83c\udf08

  • Blue Amp Media

    Blue Amp Media (BAM) is a pro-democracy media network delivering sharp analysis, accountability journalism, and culture-forward commentary—while amplifying new voices. Founded by Cliff Schecter with David Shuster.

  • Andrew Miller
  • James Zogby

    President of Arab American Institute; Managing Director of Zogby Research Services; alum of Jackson for President 84 & ‘88 and Sanders for President ‘16 & ‘20

  • Jaser Abu Mousa

    Middle East Institute Senior Fellow | International Peace Institute | Yale Peace Fellow | Political Analysis | Security Analysis | Risk Management | Crisis Response and Lead. What I write here is my own views. https://mei.edu/person/jaser-abumousa/

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    Mom, Teacher, Vermonter, Writer, & Congresswoman for VT, fighting for working families. She/Her. Official Account. \ud83c\udff3️‍\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udfd4️\ud83c\udfcd️\ud83c\udf41

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    Answering your Middle East questions before you ask. Saudi dissident, human rights activist, and international geopolitical analyst. KSU alum and Master of Public Affairs student at the UMN Humphrey School. https://www.venmo.com/u/LionWajeeh

  • Nadav Weiman

    Executive Director - Breaking The Silence

  • Andy Kahn

    Brooklyn-based Reform Rabbi; Executive Director of the ACJ

  • Amelia Wolf
  • Ro Khanna

    New Economic Patriotism: Good Jobs, Low Costs, No Dumb Wars. 21st century Marshall Plan for America. M4A. $10 day childcare. Tax ultra wealth.

  • Dalia Hatuqa

    Palestinian Lebanese Circassian American journalist focused on Palestinian affairs

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