Board of Directors:

Beth Schulman, President, is the Senior Strategist for Institutional Advancement at Public Campaign’s Every Voice Center. For over three decades, she has helped develop and nurture progressive policy and media organizations.

Pia Gallegos is a trial lawyer representing plaintiffs in discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, whistleblower and overtime class action cases. She also represents activist organizations in not-for-profit and issue advocacy law.

Robert McChesney, Presente! is the author of six books on media and politics, Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, host of the weekly talk show, Media Matters, on WILL-AM radio, and cofounder of the media reform organization Free Press.

Deborah Toler, a former Senior Research Analyst at the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First), has worked in Africa and has written extensively about international trade and development issues.

Matthew Hoh is a disabled Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War and former Afghan War State Department Officer. In 2009, after being appointed to the Foreign Service, Hoh resigned his post in Afghanistan over the Obama administration’s escalation of the Afghan War. He is now an analyst and commentator on foreign and military policy issues as a senior fellow with the Eisenhower Media Network.

  • Pakistan’s Imran Khan “Terrorism” Charge Called “Grotesque”

    The New York Times reports that the crackdown against former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan “appears to have heightened Mr. Khan’s popularity, analysts say, bolstering his claims that the military establishment conspired to topple his government in April.”

  • As Afghans Face Starvation, Biden Is Withholding $7 Billion of Their Money

    70 economists sent President Biden a letter advocating for the release of 7 billion dollars worth of foreign reserves owned by Afghanistan, as the majority of the population continues to suffer from acute poverty and starvation.

  • CIA Sued over WikiLeaks Spying, Roger Waters to Speak at Rally at DoJ

    Stefana Maurizi said today, “What happened in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London is a complete scandal. It is a very sinister fact that a media organisation was targeted by espionage activities that you would expect in an authoritarian country.”

  • Espionage Act Misreporting and the Prosecution of Assange

    Chip Gibbons, policy director for Defending Rights & Dissent, said: “many media commentators are now misrepresenting what the Espionage Act, a law with a troubled history of abuse, is and what is required for conviction. Some have gone so far as to equate criticisms of the law with disloyalty to the nation. Neither an assertion…

  • Monkeypox Crisis: Activists Tell White House to Take Urgent Steps for Equity

    After activists sent an open letter to the White House national monkeypox response coordinator Robert Fenton and deputy coordinator Demetre Daskalakis earlier this week, a meeting between the letter’s co-authors and the two officials was scheduled for Thursday.

  • Is the FBI Targeting Legitimate First Amendment Activity?

    Patrick Eddington of the Cato Institute says the FBI targeting “marginal groups with little to no impact on the broader political process” could be a warning sign for similar groups with foreign ties despite “First Amendment” activity.

  • The Policing of Roger Waters

    Kevin Gosztola, the managing editor of Shadowproof, recently critiqued CNN’s negative portrayal of Pink Floyd’s Roger Walters for his condemnation of US wars and Biden

  • “Monkeypox”: What’s In a Name?

    As monkeypox is declared a public health emergency worldwide, health justice advocates are urging experts not to exacerbate stigma among those most at risk of the virus. Dr. Stella Safo, an HIV primary care physician and the founder of Just Equity for Health, told the Institute for Public Accuracy that renaming the virus is an…

  • Analysis of White House Decision to Declare Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

    The White House announcement Thursday declaring the monkeypox outbreak a state of emergency was made by Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who has come under fire in recent weeks for what activists see as his “lack of urgency” with regard to the virus.

  • Long Covid: Activists Disappointed in Two New Reports from Biden Administration

    The White House and the Department of Health and Human Services released two new reports about long Covid on Wednesday, sparking a critical response from activist organizations. 

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