accuracy.org

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.

  • WikiLeaks: While Upholding U.S. Government’s Core Arguments, British Judge Rejects Assange Extradition

    Citing harsh federal prison conditions in the United States, a British district court judge rejected the United States government’s extradition request against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

  • Desmond Tutu: Biden Should Stop Israeli Nuclear Cover-up

    The Guardian just published a piece by Archbishop Desmond Tutu titled “Joe Biden Should End the U.S. Pretence over Israel’s ‘Secret’ Nuclear Weapons: The cover-up has to stop — and with it, the huge sums in aid for a country with oppressive policies towards Palestinians.”

  • Beyond “Pathetic” Relief Bill: How to Fix Finance

    Commondreams reports: “‘Pathetic’: Congress Passes Covid Relief Bill With Billions in Gifts for the Wealthy, $600 Checks for the Working Class.”

  • Buttigieg at Transportation Gives Campaign “Investors” Great Return

    President-elect Joe Biden is nominating Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation.

  • Samantha Power’s Role in Yemen Disaster

    Media reports indicate that Joe Biden is considering naming Samantha Power to head USAID.

  • Trump’s Morocco Move: Inviting Counties to Invade Each Other; Will Biden Reverse it?

    “Trump announced yet another violation of this principle by announcing that the U.S. recognizes Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, in a horse deal that traded normalization with Israel to recognize the highly contested claims of Morocco over Western Sahara.”

  • Trump: Paying Off Morocco with Western Sahara to Recognize Israel

    Today, Trump tweeted that he “signed a proclamation recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara” and that Israel and Morocco “have agreed to full diplomatic relations.”

  • Vilsack at Agriculture: “Mr. Mon­san­to”?

    Numerous media outlets are reporting that Tom Vilsack will be Joe Biden’s nominee for agriculture secretary.

  • Austin at Pentagon: Good for Empire, Raytheon

    Joe Biden has reportedly selected retired general Lloyd Austin III as his nominee to head the Pentagon.

  • Vaccines: Paid for by Public, Made for Profit

    “The vaccines developed by these companies were developed thanks wholly or partly to taxpayer money.

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