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Editorial Team

Executive Director: Maya Schenwar
Managing Editor: Victoria Harper
Lead Investigative Reporter: Jason Leopold
Managing Editor, BuzzFlash: Mark Karlin
Senior Editor and Multimedia Coordinator: Sari Gelzer
Editor and Columnist: William Rivers Pitt
Content Relations Editor: Leslie Thatcher
Solutions Editor: Dina Rasor
Assistant Editors: Alissa Bohling, Yana Kunichoff
Copy Editor: Alexa deMonterice
Reporter: Mike Ludwig
Fellows: Tolu Olorunda, Britney Schultz, Paul Mutter

Production Team

Designers/Photo Editors/Videographers: Lance Page, Jared Rodriguez
Technology and Outreach Manager: Sandra Ordonez
Community Liaison: Joseph Peterson

Development Team

Director of Development and Communications: Matt Renner
Administrative Manager: Annie Stoddard
Financial Administrator: Kendel Gordon
Administrative Assistant: Lyndsey Rodier
Development Interns: Zach Swim, Alex Hayes

Contributing Writers

Max Ajl, H.P Albarelli, Randall Amster, David Bacon, Dean Baker, Cynthia Boaz, Jeremy Brecher, Ellen Brown, Rick Cabral, Ira Chernus, Jeff Cohen, Marjorie Cohn, John Corey, Benjamin Dangl, Betsy de la Vega, Barry Eisler, Mike Elk, Sam Ferguson, William Fisher, Henry A. Giroux, Melvin A. Goodman, Matt Harwood, Tom H. Hastings, Dahr Jamail, Jeffrey Kaye, Kathy Kelly, George Lakoff, John Lamperti, Sarah Lazare, Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III, Jason Leopold, Gregg Levine, Jeff Leys, Tom Loudon, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Nick Mottern, Bill Moyers, Robert Naiman, Greg Palast, Bill Quigley, J. Sri Raman, Seth Sandronsky, Norman Solomon, Mark Weisbrot, Kelpie Wilson, Lawrence S. Wittner, Michael Winship, Andy Worthington and more.

Board of Directors

President: Robert Naiman
Secretary: Lee Herzenberg
Member: Henry Giroux

Board of Advisers

Dean Baker, Cynthia Boaz, Rinaldo Brutoco, Maxon Buscher, Jaclyn Friedman, George Lakoff, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Dina Rasor, Robert Reich, Mikey Weinstein, Rick Wolff and Howard Zinn (deceased).