Bernie Sanders
United States Senator for Vermont
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont, was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives.
Van Jones
President and Co-founder, Rebuild the Dream
Van Jones is president and co-founder of Rebuild the Dream, a pioneering initiative to restore good jobs and economic opportunity.
Bill McKibben
Environmentalist, Founder, 350.org
Bill McKibben is the author of a dozen books about the environment, beginning with The End of Nature in 1989, which is regarded as the first book for a general audience on climate change.
Jim Hightower
Radio Commentator, Columnist, Author, Activist
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalist, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editor and Publisher, The Nation
Katrina vanden Heuvel has been The Nation's editor since 1995 and its publisher since 2005.
John Nichols
Washington Correspondent, The Nation
John Nichols is a Washington correspondent for The Nation and a pioneering political blogger.
Lawrence Lessig
Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School
Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.
Benjamin Todd Jealous
President and Chief Executive Officer, NAACP
Ben Jeaous is the President and CEO of the NAACP, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization.
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Alternet Washington Correspondent
Adele M. Stan is the Washinton bureau chief for AlterNet, the progressive news and cultue website.
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Senior Investigator, United Republic
Lee Fang is a Senior Investigator at UnitedRepublic.org, a former investigative blogger for ThinkProgress.org and a freelance journalist.
Ian Murphy
David Koch Impersonator
Ian Murphy is an American alternative journalist and satirist who is the editor and a reporter for The Beast, an alternative, online newspaper based in Buffalo, New York.
Judith Browne-Dianis
Co-Director, Advancement Project
Judith Browne-Dianis is Co-Director of The Advancement Project and has an extensive background in civil rights litigation.
Lisa Graves
Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy
Lisa Graves is the Executive Director of the Center for Media and Democracy, the publisher of PR Watch, SourceWatch, BanksterUSA, and ALECexposed.org.
Cheryl Slavant
Ouachita Riverkeeper
Cheryl Slavant is part of the North Louisiana Environmental Coalition and of the Ouachita Riverkeeper.
Sue Sturgis
Reporter, Institute for Southern Studies
Sue Sturgis is Editorial Director at the Institute for Southern Studies, a journalism and research nonprofit based in Durham, N.C. that focuses on civil rights.
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