Politics

Paula Giddings is the Elizabeth A. Woodson 1922 Professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, where she also serves as editor of the scholarly journal, Meridians:...

Todd Gitlin is professor of journalism and sociology and chair of the Ph.D. program in communications at Columbia University. An American writer, sociologist, communications...

Heather Hendershot is a professor of film and media in MIT’s Comparative Media Studies/Writing program. Hendershot is the author of What’s Fair on the Air?: Cold...

Joie Jager-Hyman is a former Ivy League admissions officer and author of Fat Envelope Frenzy: One Year, Five Promising Students, and the Pursuit of the Ivy League Prize....

Jean Johnson is Executive Vice President of Public Agenda and head of its Education Insights division which focuses on education issues. At Public Agenda, she has authored...

Katty Kay is the Washington Correspondent for BBC World News America, and regularly anchors The Evening News programs seen on BBC World. Katty brings a truly global perspective...

As a journalist and novelist, Stephen P. Kiernan has published nearly four million words. His newspaper work garnered more than forty awards — including the George...

Jeffrey Kluger is a senior editor and writer at Time magazine, principally covering science and social issues. In his newest book Simplexity: Why Simple Things Become...

New York Times best-selling author Michael Korda is the former editor in chief of Simon & Schuster and a living legend in the publishing world. His many books include...

"Somebody get Jeff Kreisler on The Colbert Report ... As funny and as quotable as anything that appears daily on late-night TV. You are guaranteed a few laugh-out-loud...

Laurence Leamer is a celebrated historian, journalist, and bestselling author of more than a dozen books. Leamer has worked in places including the What Cheer, Iowa Patriot-Chronicle,...

Josh Levs is a father of three, a CNN journalist, and author of All In (HarperOne). When Levs was denied fair parental leave by his employer after his child was born,...

Samuel Logan is the founding editor of Southern Pulse | Networked Intelligence, an independent human intelligence organization focused on security, politics, and energy...

James E. McGreevey, the former governor of New Jersey, was born in Jersey City, the son of working-class Irish Catholic parents. He received his bachelor’s degree from...

Lisa Miller is the religion editor for Newsweek. She is the recipient of numerous journalism prizes, including the 2009 Wilbur Award for Outstanding Magazine Article...

Dick Morris has become a familiar commentator for the Fox News Channel, where he is well known for hard hitting, and nonpartisan, objective commentary about the U.S....

Suzanne Nossel currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organization. Since joining in 2013, she has...

Wayne Pacelle is the president and chief executive officer of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and author of The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals and Our...