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.

  • Bush and Hayden vs. The Law?

    “I have two paths in front of me, both of them lawful, one FISA, one the presidential — the president’s authorization.” — Michael Hayden, National Press Club, January 23, 2006 “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 shall be the exclusive means by which electronic surveillance … may be conducted.” — FISA; 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2511(f)…

  • Big Picture on Immigration Reform

    ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ Rodriguez writes the syndicated Column of the Americas with Patrisia Gonzales. His most recent piece is titled “What Is It About Illegal You Don’t Understand?” More Information OSCAR CHACON Chacon is the director of Enlaces America, a support center for Latino and Caribbean immigrant organizations based in Chicago. He is co-author of the…

  • Mother’s Day and War

    Mothers and their families will gather in front of the White House from 3 p.m. on Saturday until 3 p.m. on Sunday to call for an end to the war in Iraq and stand against a military attack on Iran. Cindy Sheehan and Elaine Johnson will be among those there; both had sons killed in…

  • · Behind Medicare Problems · DOD Funds: No One Accountable? · Impact of Tax Cuts

    CLAUDIA FEGAN, MD Co-author of the book Universal Health Care: What the United States Can Learn from the Canadian Experience, Fegan is past president of Physicians for a National Health Program. She said today: “The current problem with Medicare Part D is unfortunate because some of us believe that the way it was designed virtually…

  • · Iraq · Iran · Sudan

    SAMIR ADIL Adil is co-founder and president of the Iraqi Freedom Congress. He is one of several Iraqis on a speaking tour in the U.S. organized by the American Friends Service Committee. The Iraqi Freedom Congress states that it intends to be “an independent, democratic, secular, non-ethnic and mass organization, which is founded to guarantee…

  • The CIA and Hayden

    WILLIAM and KATHY CHRISTISON William Christison was with the CIA for 27 years, retiring when he was director of the CIA’s Office of Regional and Political Analysis; Kathy Christison is a former CIA political analyst. William Christison said today: “Much of the current discussion focuses on internal squabbling between various factions around Goss, Hayden, Rumsfeld,…

  • Paying the Price for Big Oil

    DAPHNE WYSHAM Wysham is director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network and a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. She is co-author of the report “Wrong Turn from Rio: The World Bank’s Road to Climate Catastrophe.” She said today: “The price we are paying at the pump will only grow higher, and our…

  • Gas Prices: Behind the Pain at the Pump

    With gas prices rising for drivers across the country and Chevron reporting today that it posted $4 billion in profits for the first quarter, consumers are fuming while politicians are scrambling. These energy-policy analysts are available for interviews: STEVE KRETZMANN Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International, said today: “As politicians of both parties scramble…

  • Seeking Accountability for Bloody Attacks: · Fallujah, Iraq — 2004 · U.N. Compound in Lebanon — 1996

    MARTI HIKEN COLLEEN FLYNN W. GORDON KAUPP Hiken, a spokesperson and co-chair for the National Lawyers Guild Military Law Task Force, is the plaintiff in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that has just been filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Flynn and Kaupp are among the attorneys representing the Task Force. The…

  • The Politics of Leaks

    ROBERT PARRY Parry, a former reporter for The Associated Press and Newsweek, has written a number of books about Washington politics including, most recently, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq. He said today: “The Bush administration is cracking down on leaks and dissent inside the government not to protect…

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