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Bertrand Russell
British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars". He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards, an Actor Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear for Best Actor, a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and nominations for two Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received the Academy Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Henry James
American and British writer (1843–1916)
Edward Said
Palestinian-American professor (1935–2003)
Christopher Hitchens
English American author and journalist (1949–2011)
Gore Vidal
American writer (1925–2012)
Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
James Baldwin
American writer (1924–1987)
Naomi Klein
Canadian author and activist (born 1970)
James Agee
American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955)
Slavenka Drakulić
Croatian journalist and novelist (born 1949)
Neil Postman
American writer and academic (1931-2003)
Frederick Law Olmsted
American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903)
E. P. Thompson
British historian & peace activist (1924-1993)
Mary McCarthy
American writer (1912–1989)
Arthur Coleman Danto
American art critic and philosopher (1924–2013)
Chris Hedges
American journalist
Laila Lalami
American writer
Randall Jarrell
poet, critic, novelist, essayist (1914–1965)
Ellen Willis
American writer
Louis Fischer
American journalist (1896-1970)
Stephen F. Cohen
American historian (1938-2020)
Albert Jay Nock
American journalist (1870-1945)
Norman Thomas
American Presbyterian minister and socialist (1884-1968)
Mark Van Doren
American poet and literary critic (1894–1972)
Jessica Valenti
US feminist author and blogger
Ernest Gruening
American politician (1887-1974)
Mike Davis
American writer, urban theorist, political activist, and historian from Southern California (1946–2022)
Aviva Chomsky
American historian
Eric Foner
American historian (born 1943)
Vivian Gornick
American author (b. 1935)
Michael Sorkin
American architect (1948-2020)
I. F. Stone
American investigative journalist, writer, and author
Heywood Broun
American sportswriter, journalist, and newspaper columnist (1888-1939)
Carl Van Doren
American biographer (1885-1950)
Max Blumenthal
American journalist, author, blogger, and filmmaker (born 1977)
James Petras
American sociologist
John William De Forest
Military officer, novelist
Jonathan Schell
American author (1943–2014)
Katha Pollitt
American journalist
Chris Hayes
American journalist
Gilbert Seldes
American writer (1893–1970)
Alexander Cockburn
Irish-American journalist and writer (1941-2012)
Melissa Harris-Perry
American journalist and professor
Henry Villard
German-American journalist and financier (1835–1900)
Oswald Garrison Villard
American newspaper publisher (1872–1949)
David Corn
American journalist (born 1959)
Patricia J. Williams
American legal and race critical scholar
Jeff Chang
American journalist
Fritz Eichenberg
American/German illustrator and wood engraver (1901–1990)
Hilton Kramer
American art critic and cultural commentator (1928–2012)
Neve Gordon
Israeli professor and academic (born 1965)
Marcus Eli Ravage
Jewish-American writer (1884-1965)
Harold Clurman
American theatre director (1901–1980)
Gary Younge
British journalist
Michelle Goldberg
American journalist
Calvin Trillin
American journalist
Greg Grandin
American historian
Daniel Singer
French journalist
Michael Klare
American writer