is a senior editor and the Free exchange columnist at The Economist, and author of The Wealth of Humans.

is academic dean and the Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism at Columbia University’s Journalism School. She was co-founder of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and has written about politics and governance in the Philippines.

is President and CEO of Voto Latino, a pioneering civic media organization that seeks to transform America by recognizing Latinos’ innate leadership.

is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and the author of a forthcoming book on universal basic incomes for Crown.

is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author or editor of 15 books, including Walt Whitman’s America, Beneath the American Renaissance, John Brown, Abolitionist, Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson, and, most recently, Lincoln’s Selected Writings. He is the winner of the […]

is an organizer and writer focused on the intersection of technology, economics, and human rights. She is currently the Community Engagement Manager at Shareable and was formerly a Global Policy Analyst at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

is professor of History at the University of Southern California and the author of the forthcoming, Shortfall: Family Secrets, Financial Collapse and a Hidden History of American Banking.

is a Chicago-based writer. Her work has appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Washington Monthly, Bookforum, Salon, and other publications. Find her on Twitter: @Kathy_Gee.

is a journalist, blogger, and a contributing editor of Crooks and Liars. Find her on Twitter at @SusieMadrak

is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.