Eric Schmeltzer is a Los Angeles-based political consultant who served as press secretary to Rep. Jerry Nadler and former-Gov. Howard Dean.
Samuel P. Catlin is the Shuman Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought at the University at Buffalo, SUNY.
Edward Ongweso Jr. is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor. He’s the co-host of This Machine Kills, and a senior researcher at Security in Context.