Category: PBC

Adrian Levy: Adrian Levy is a journalist and film maker specializing in foreign affairs and South East Asia.

Patty Goldman: Vice President for Litigation of Earthjustice, leads the organization’s ten regional offices in developing and implementing effective legal strategies to protect the environment for future generations.

Cliff Schecter: political commentator and journalist. His blog is called The Political Carnival. His latest book is called “The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn’t”.

Bob Borosage: president of the Institute for America’s Future and co-director of its sister organization, the Campaign for America’s Future.

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Robert Parry: founder of ConsortiumNews.com. His new book is called “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush”.

Matt Corley: Assistant Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at American Progress.

Ari Melber: is The Nation’s Net movement correspondent, and a writer for the Campaign 08 blog at thenation.com as well as a writer at washingtonindependent.com.

Lt. Gov John Garamendi: 46th Lieutenant Governor of California. He brings to the office 32 years of public service.

Brad Friedman: self-described election integrity muckraking journalist jerk. You can read his blog at Bradblog.com.

Rory O’Connor: veteran media critic.  O’Connor’s new book is called “Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America’s Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives”. Read his blog at roryoconnor.org/blog

Richard Gage: the founder of Architects and Engineers for 911Truth ae911truth.org

Scott Dick: regular contributor on Military/Vets issues. Dick hosts his own radio broadcast called The Scott Dick Show.

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R J Shulman: political satirist. You can read Shulman’s blog at ptsd1.blogspot.com.

Gary Chew: On January 5, 2007, KXPR listeners and staff bid a fond adieu to Gary Chew, KXPR’s midday classical host.  After 51 years in broadcasting…18 of those years at KXPR…Gary announced his retirement.

Gov. Gray Davis: an American politician who served as California’s 37th Governor from 1999 to 2003. Davis is a Democrat who was often known as a moderate.

Mark Kornblau: recently hired by presidential candidate John Kerry, “served as Evan Bayh’s (D-Ind.) communications director and joined Kerry’s New Hampshire campaign.”

Mike Gravel and Joe Lauria: are the co-authors of A Political Odyssey. Gravel was a candidate for the 2008 U.S. presidential race. Lauria is an investigative journalist who writes for The Sunday Times.

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Alison Weir: founder of If Americans Knew, an organization that provides information on topics of importance that are substantially  misreported or unreported in the US media; our primary focus is on Israel-Palestine.

Paul Waldman: author of four books on media and politics. His latest is called “Free Ride: John McCain and the Media”. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Senior Fellow and Director of Special Projects at Media Matters for America. He is also a columnist for The American Prospect. You can read his blog at paulwaldman.blogspot.com.

Dahr Jamail: is an award-winning freelance journalist. His reporting from Iraq has earned him numerous awards, including the prestigious 2008 Martha Gellhorn Award for Journalism, the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, the Joe A. Callaway Award for Civic Courage, and four Project Censored awards.

Jeff Cohen: media critic and lecturer, is founding director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, where he is an associate professor of journalism. His latest book is Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media.

Kay Brown: Communication Director for the Alaska Democratic Party, has, almost single-handedly, steered that party in a more progressive direction on a par with Democratic Party organizations outside of Alaska.

Jason Leopold: investigative journalist. He writes for the online publication The Public Record.

Melanie Sloan: serves as CREW’s Executive Director. Prior to starting CREW, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia where, from 1998-2003, she successfully tried cases before dozens of judges and juries.

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Bennion Spencer: filed to run for Congress in Utah’s 3rd District. He will be running on the Democratic ticket, and is very excited to have the opportunity to run for Congress.

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos: has spent nearly seven years as a political reporter in Washington DC for FOXNews.com, and is a Washington correspondent for the DC-based homeland security magazine, HSToday, and a regular contributor for The American Conservative magazine and its daily weblog, @TAC.

Andrew Jakabovics: Associate Director for the Economic Mobility Program. He works on housing, household debt, and higher education, as well as other issues related to sustaining and growing the middle class.

Cliff Schecter: political commentator and journalist. His blog is called The Political Carnival. His latest book is called “The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn’t”.

John Brakey: While monitoring a handcount of ballots from the September 3rd Arizona primary, in his capacity as an official election observer for the Democratic and Libertarian parties, EDA Investigations Co-Coordinator John Brakey was arrested and ejected from the Pima County election headquarters on orders of Pima County Elections Director Brad Nelson.

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Johnny Steele and Dan Piraro: Comedians Dan Piraro and Johnny Steele present Two Guys With Hats, a comedy show featuring stand-up, multimedia, and more surprises. Piraro is best known as the cartoonist behind Bizarro; Steele, a former winner of the San Francisco International Comedy Competition, is a popular radio and TV host in the Bay Area.

Robert Parry: founder of ConsortiumNews.com. His new book is called “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush”.

Joshua Kors: an investigative reporter for The Nation, where he covers military and veterans’ issues. Kors earned national attention this year for his work uncovering the veterans’ benefits scandal.

Ron Suskind: is an author and journalist based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Suskind’s latest book, “The Way of the World,” is a multi-layered narrative about the forces at home and abroad fighting today’s battles for hope and security.

Adam Kokesh: a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and a veteran of the Iraq War.

Brad Friedman: self-described election integrity muckraking journalist jerk. You can read his blog at Bradblog.com.

Emily Levy: standingforvoters.org

Mark Crispin Miller: is professor of media studies at New York University and the author of the book: Fooled Again, How the Right Stole the 2004 Elections. He is known for his writing on American media and for his activism on behalf of democratic media reform.

Scott Dick: regular contributor on Military/Vets issues. Dick hosts his own radio broadcast called The Scott Dick Show.

Ari Melber: is The Nation’s Net movement correspondent, and a writer for the Campaign 08 blog at thenation.com.

Mark Dice: also known by the pseudonym John Conner, is an author and Christian conservative political activist based in San Diego, California. Dice founded an organization, [1] variously called The Resistance,[2] The Christian Resistance or The Resistance for Christ

R J Shulman: political satirist. You can read Shulman’s blog at ptsd1.blogspot.com.

Eric Boehlert: Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America. He is the author of “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush”.

Brian Katulis: Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where his work focuses on U.S. national security policy with an emphasis on the Middle East, Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Pakistan. He is co-author of “The Prosperity Agenda”.

Dr. Phil Butler: Doctor Phillip Butler is a 1961 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former light-attack carrier pilot. In 1965 he was shot down over North Vietnam where he spent eight years as a prisoner of war. Check out his new video at bravenewfilms.org

Steve Featherstone: a writer and photographer. He lives in upstate New York.

Amy Goodman: Recently arrested in St. Paul, host and executive producer of the popular news radio program Democracy Now! is one of the toughest no holds barred journalists in America.

Roy Zimmerman: Has a new song concerning Sarah Palin. Visit his site at royzimmerman.com

John Nichols: Nichols writes about politics for The Nation magazine as its Washington correspondent.

Prof. Andrew Bacevich: Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University.

Cliff Schecter: political commentator and journalist. His blog is called The Political Carnival. His latest book is called “The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don’t Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn’t”.

Jason Leopold: investigative journalist. He writes for the online publication The Public Record.

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