In Person

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  In Person With Chris Mooney

  "Authoritarians have deep-rooted problems with science because it is such an alien way of thinking to them," argues Chris Mooney, author of the new book The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science--and Reality. » More

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  In Person With Sean Trende

  "Romney continues to play well in the suburbs," says Sean Trende, author of the new book The Lost Majority. "But he’s the worst possible candidate for the white working class, which is the constituency that’s been incredibly resistant to Obama. It’s almost like the irresistible force meeting the immovable object—neither should be able to win, but one of them has to." » More

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  In Person With Lawrence Lessig

  "Withhold your vote from anybody who doesn't pledge to remove the corrupting influence of money from politics," says tireless activist and author Lawrence Lessig, whose new campaign Rootstrikers aims to reform the root of our political system. » More

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  In Person With Luc Côté

  "I think the film speaks for itself," says Canadian documentarian Luc Côté, referring to his latest film, You Don’t Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo. "You don’t have to hammer the point in. We just needed to be witnesses." » More

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  In Person With Tom Morello

  "There is a ferocious class war going on, but for the most part it’s being fought by one side," says Tom Morello, the former Rage Against the Machine guitarist who now plays solo as The Nightwatchman. "In Madison, people fought back on a scale that I haven’t seen in my lifetime." » More

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  In Person With Citizen Radio

  In typical foul-mouthed Citizen Radio style, hosts Allison Kilkenny and Jamie Kilstein tell us why there's no issue they won't laugh at, why activism requires "passion and screaming," and why we need publicly funded elections to claim America is a democracy "with a straight face." Also, why they watch Glee. » More

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  In Person With Sady Doyle

  "My mother always used to say, 'Never insult the guy holding the gun,'" says feminist blogger, writer and activist Sady Doyle, the founder of Tiger Beatdown. "She knew me well enough to know that, if someone ever pulled a gun on me, I would mouth off to him." » More

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  In Person With Jason Glaser

  "The world will never be a perfect place," says Jason Glaser, an American activist and filmmaker whose work examines the impact of global agriculture on Latin American workers. "But it is unconscionable how we treat the people and environment that produce our goods." » More

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  In Person With Justin Krebs

  "Old Twilight Zone episodes are parables about fear and hatred tucked into 23-minute tales," says Justin Krebs, co-founder of the progressive national network Living Liberally. "They are...concerned about how humans treat the least among us, and are as anti-xenophobic as they are anti-fascist." » More

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  In Person With Lilly Ledbetter

  Young people "need to check that they’re being compensated fairly and equally for the job they’re doing," says pay equity activist Lilly Ledbetter, for which the 2009 Fair Pay Act is named. "If they’re not, then they need to do something about it rather than let it build up year after year. Because once you get behind, you cannot catch up." » More

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  In Person With Molly Molloy

  "The money from drugs permeates many facets of economic life in Mexico—most estimates put the drug business at $50 billion per year," says Molly Molloy, who maintains an influential listserv dedicated to tracking violence in Juárez, Mexico. "What will replace it? What can replace the human desire to seek escape from the pain of poverty and hopelessness? I do not have an answer." » More

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  In Person With Marie Saint Cyr

  "I am very worried that the global response to Haiti’s needs may not prove fruitful over the long term," says Marie Saint Cyr of the nonprofit Lambi Fund of Haiti. "There is a convergence toward creating another elite body to oversee the 'reconstruction in Haiti.' " » More

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  In Person With Robert McChesney and John Nichols

  "If Orwell could look at the current circumstance, he’d say: 'I used to think the scary thing was Big Brother was watching you, but the scary thing is you’ll be watching Big Brother,' " say the authors of The Death and Life of American Journalism. » More

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  In Person With Amy Dean

  "Labor should be woven into the civic fabric of local communities—as much as local Chamber of Commerces are," says the veteran activist and co-author of the new book A New New Deal: How Regional Activism Will Reshape the American Labor Movement. » More

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  In Person With Carmen Van Kerckhove

  "I noticed very early on that when people complimented my appearance, they always singled out my European features and not my Asian features," says the founder of Racialicious.com. "I started paying attention to the Eurocentric beauty ideals that pervade much of the world." » More

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  In Person With Nelson Lichtenstein

  “My political awakening occurred when I witnessed the rise of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee,” renowned labor historian Nelson Lichtenstein says. “Courage and commitment in action, what could do more to inspire a young person?” » More

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  In Person With Craig Aaron

  "Fixing the media is key to advancing any issue you care about," says Craig Aaron, senior program director for Free Press. "Whatever your first issue may be, the media should probably be your second." » More

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  In Person With Prometheus Radio Project

  "We live in an outrageously unequal society," say Prometheus Radio Project's staff members, who believe that "more democratic ownership of the media plays an essential role" in bringing about justice. » More

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  In Person With Jessica Valenti

  “We need to give more credit to young women who are doing incredible feminist work,” says Feministing.com founder Jessica Valenti. “Their activism tends to be a bit invisible.” » More

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  In Person With Harry Wray

  "The bike changes consciousness. It connects people – unlike the car, which separates and isolates them," says political scientist Harry Wray, author of Pedal Power. » More

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  In Person With Mikhaela B. Reid

  "Sure, I teared up on election night - and not just because I was happy to see Bush go. But the tears have dried, and the romance is gone," says political cartoonist Mikhaela Reid. » More

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  In Person With Grace Lee Boggs

  "I believe that at this pivotal time in our country's history we need to be struggling to define and begin making the next American revolution," says author and longtime activist Grace Lee Boggs. » More

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  In Person With Billy Wimsatt

  "I believe we need deep transformation at all levels of society, individual and systemic," says Billy Wimsatt, founder of the League of Young Voters. "I hate the game, not the players." » More

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  In Person With Rinku Sen

  "The mainstream media...has no idea how racism works structurally," says Rinku Sen, publisher of ColorLines magazine and co-author of the new book The Accidental American. » More

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  In Person With Bill Fletcher, Jr.

  "I am an unapologetic socialist. I believe that capitalism is destroying the planet," says longtime activist Bill Fletcher, co-author of the new book "Solidarity Divided." » More