

Journalist Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a daily, independent news program that airs on more than 500 radio and television stations across North America.

45th Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003-2011, Author of "A Nation of Wusses" & Media Pundit

Britain's former prime minister Gordon Brown played a key role in shaping the G20 nations' response to the world's financial crisis, and was a powerful advocate for a coordinated global response to problems such as climate change, poverty and social justice.

James J. Zogby is founder and president of the Arab American Institute (AAI), a Washington, DC-based organization which serves as the political and policy research arm of the Arab American community.




A longtime advisor to President Bush and Howard Dean's groundbreaking campaign for the U.S.

Marvin Kalb is a Senior Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics and Public Policy

Noam Chomsky was born to Dr. William (Zev) Chomsky and Elsie Simonofsky in Philadelphia on December 7, 1928. His father emigrated to the United States from Russia.


"She's the girl I want to marry," Jimmy Carter told his mother after his first date with 17 year old Rosalynn Smith, who had grown up as a friend and neighbor of the Carter family in Plains, Georgia.

Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education, a 501 c3 non-profit organization that provides a national voice of reason on issues of race and poverty in the media, inner city neighborhoods, and public policy.

Todd Buchholz "lights up economics with a wickedly sparkling wit," says the Associated Press.

Doctor and Senator Bill Frist is both a nationally recognized heart and lung transplant surgeon and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader.

Professor at Columbia Law School, Senior Counsel to Morgan Lewis law firm

Bill Bennett is one of America's most important, influential and respected voices on cultural, political, and education issues.

A consultant to the CIA and the Department of Defense, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita has built an intricate computer model that can predict the outcomes of international conflicts with bewildering accuracy.

Charlene Strong didnt start out a gay rights activist. But after the tragic death of her wife of ten years and suffering the injustice of discrimination at the hospital and the funeral home, Charlene was on a new path.


Christopher Hayes is the Washington DC Editor of The Nation, and a fellow at the New America Foundation.

Cynthia Schneider studies culture and politics -- watching how novels, TV shows and cultural engagement around the globe (and especially within the Muslim world) might lead to political change. She was the US ambassador to the Netherlands from 1998 to 2001.

Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Law School; Director, Yale World Fellows Program.

Dave Meslin is a "professional rabble-rouser." Based in Toronto, he works to make local issues engaging and even fun to get involved in.

David Helvarg (born April 10, 1951) is an American journalist and environmental activist.

David McCandless draws beautiful conclusions from complex datasets -- thus revealing unexpected insights into our world.


A hands-on economist, he has served as Chairman of the Board on pension review and investment committees responsible for over 120 billion dollars in investments. He has fifteen years experience working for three of the nation's largest brokerage firms and has taught at the university level for over ten years, developing the nations first graduate business course on the 21st Century....

Dr. Douglas E. Schoen, Chairman & Founding Partner, Penn, Schoen, and Berland Associates.

Edward Luce is the Washington Bureau Chief of the Financial Times since July 2006, writing on the US economy, politics and foreign affairs, and managing a team of ten DC-based reporters.


Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, fondly called the "Iron Lady" by her supporters, has been leading, healing, and rebuilding Liberia as its president since 2005.

Eric Liu is an author and educator who has served in leadership roles in national politics and media.

Fred Wertheimer is the founder and president of Democracy 21, a nonpartisan organization that works to ensure the integrity and fairness of government decisions and elections.

Wills grew up in Michigan and Wisconsin and graduated from Campion High School, a Jesuit institution, in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1951.

Economist George Ayittey sees Africa's future as a fight between Hippos -- complacent, greedy bureaucrats wallowing in the muck -- and Cheetahs, the fast-moving, entrepreneurial leaders and citizens who will rebuild Africa.


Assistant Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.



Jacob Hacker is an important contributor of public policy ideas in the areas of healthcare, social welfare and economic opportunity.

James P. Pinkerton worked in the White House under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. Since leaving government in 1993, he has been a columnist for Newsday, a contributor to the Fox News Channel, and a regular on Fox’s Newswatch show.

James B. Steinberg currently serves as the Deputy Secretary of State at the U.S. Department of State.

Joan MacLeod was born and raised in North Vancouver,"spending many summers in Glengarry County in Ontario where both her parents came from.

Joe Mathews, a fourth-generation Californian, writes about his home state and its politics, media, labor, and real estate.

Former European Union Ambassador to the United States and Former Prime Minister of Ireland

John Gieve is Chairman of VocaLink, the main provider of payment systems to banks in the UK and, increasingly, elsewhere in Europe.

Expert on globalization, business and American politics ' Editor-in-chief, The Economist

Jonathan Capehart is an editorial writer for The Washington Post, specializing in national politics and environmental issues.

Jose Antonio Abreu founded El Sistema ("the system") in 1975 to help poor Venezuelan kids learn to play a musical instrument and be part of an orchestra. 30 years on, El Sistema has seeded 102 youth orchestras -- and many happy lives.

Joe Nye received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1958.



As the leader of Darpana, Mallika Sarabhai is a pioneer in using dance and the arts for social change.


Mark Paul is an award-winning writer, editor, and policy expert with wide experience in journalism and California state government and politics.

Mark Penn is worldwide CEO of Burson-Marsteller and President of Penn, Schoen and Berland.

Mark Schmitt is a noted voice on reform of the political process and an expert on campaign finance, congressional procedure, and state-level politics.



Minxin Pei is a director of the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he has also been a senior associate since 1999.


Senior Fellow in the Transatlantic Relations Program of the Atlantic Council in Washington DC; Senior Advisor to the Institut de Relations Internationales Stratégiques et in Paris (IRIS); Writer on international relations, politics and business

Paul Campos has been a professor of law at the University of Colorado at Boulder since 1990.

Peter Edelman is a professor of law at Georgetown Law Center. He is also the author of "So Rich So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America."


Reihan Salam is an associate editor at The Atlantic, and was previously a producer for NBC News, a junior editor and editorial researcher at The New York Times, a research associate at the Council on Foreign Relations, and a reporter-researcher at The New Republic.


Robert Evans is an award winning professional speaker presenting global trends analysis.

Ron Kirk is the former United States Trade Representative, and served as President Obama's principal trade advisor, negotiator and spokesperson on trade issues.

In the long and continuing struggle for harmony in the Middle East , there is no more lasting or devoted peace-seeker than twice elected Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.

Terence Smith joined The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in August 1998 to establish and lead the media unit as its senior producer and correspondent.

Philosopher Thomas Pogge wants to ensure medications get to those who need it most. He has published on a wide range of subjects such as global justice and human rights.

Timothy Wirth is the President of the United Nations Foundation and Better World Fund.

Vladimir Pozner was born April 1,Vladimir Pozner was born April 1, 1934, in Paris, France. 1934, in Paris, France.

Anchor of CNN International's flagship news and current affairs primetime news program, 'Connect the World.'

President of Eurasia Group, the world's leading global political risk research and consulting firm; Author of the national best-seller "The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?"


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