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Amy Forliti

A reporter for The Associated Press in Minneapolis. Focused on crime and courts.

• 3rd degree murder charge for George Floyd’s killer; activists say #RaiseTheDegree

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Tim Sullivan

Roving Associated Press reporter, back in the U.S. after years in Asia and West Africa. Learning to be a Minnesotan.

• 3rd degree murder charge for George Floyd’s killer; activists say #RaiseTheDegree

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Prabir Purkayastha

Prabir Purkayastha is an engineer and a science activist. He is President of Free Software Movement of India and Editor, Newsclick.

• Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage?

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Marti Alston

Marti Alston is a retiree from the City of Detroit Recreation Dept. She volunteers with the Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery.

• Detroit car caravan supports workers and fights U.S. Postal Service privatization

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Forbes West

Forbes West has a Master’s Degree in Political Science from California State University, Long Beach. He lives and works in Long Beach, California, and Ojima, Japan, in the foothills of...

• Ending hunger and homelessness cheaper than maintaining our Maginot Line

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John Wawrow

AP sports writer.

• Hockey: Questions around isolating away from players’ families takes center ice

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David Unger

David Unger is an educator at the School for Labor and Urban Studies, City University of New York, and a member of the Professional Staff Congress-CUNY/AFT.

• Will COVID-19 become a modern-day Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and spark reform?

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Anthony Monteiro

Scholar and activist Dr. Anthony Monteiro is an expert in WEB DuBois, one of the most cited DuBois scholars in the world. Dr. Monteiro is an organizer with the Philadelphia...

• The revolutionary legacy of Malcolm X

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Ronnie Kasrils

Ronnie Kasrils is a former South African government minister and was a leading member of the African National Congress during the apartheid era

• Denis Goldberg, comrade of Nelson Mandela and enemy of apartheid everywhere, dies

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