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Elie Mystal

Justice Correspondent, The Nation

Jeet Heer

National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation

André Robert Lee

Teacher, Producer, and Documentary Filmmaker

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Editorial Director and Publisher, The Nation

Dave Zirin

Sports Editor, The Nation

Nan Aron

Founder and President, Alliance for Justice

Zoe Carpenter

Contributing Writer, The Nation

Mark Hertsgaard

Executive Director, Covering Climate Now

Bill McKibben

Founder and Senior Adviser Emeritus, 350.org

Robert Reich

Former Secretary of Labor, Clinton Administration

Fergie Reid

Co-founder, 90 for 90

Alicia Garza

#BlackLivesMatter Co-Founder

Melissa Harris-Perry

Founder and President, Anna Julia Cooper Center

Chase Iron Eyes

Lead Local Counsel, Lakota People's Law Project

Professor Randall Kennedy

Michael R. Klein Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Rep. Ro Khanna

US Rep., CA 17th District

Ai-jen Poo

Co-founder and Executive Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance

Monica Ramirez

Director of Gender Equity and Advocacy, National Hispanic Leadership Agenda

Zephyr Teachout

Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University

Rick Steves

Travel Writer

Calvin Trillin

Author and Deadline Poet, The Nation

Joan Walsh

National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation

Dorian Warren

President, Community Change

Shannon Watts

Founder, Moms Demand Action

Sasha Abramsky

Writer and Author

Richard Kreitner

Contributing Writer, The Nation

D.D. Guttenplan

Editor, The Nation

Michael Bennett

Retired NFL All-Star and Author

Bernie Sanders

U.S. Senator, Vermont

Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Prime Minister, Iceland

Naomi Klein

Author and Senior Correspondent, The Intercept

John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent, The Nation

Walter Mosley

Author

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Co-Chair, Poor People's Campaign

Rep. Pramila Jayapal

US Rep., WA 7th District

Ken Klippenstein

DC Correspondent, The Nation

Erin O'Mara

President, The Nation

Sarah Burke

Associate Publisher, The Nation

George Goehl

Executive Director, People's Action

Tokata Iron Eyes

Standing Rock Activist and Youth Leader, Lakota Sioux

Rep. Jamie Raskin

U.S. Rep., MD 8th District

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