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American Voices
Four well-known columnists with wide-ranging backgrounds. Four distinct viewpoints. Four talented, insightful writers. Four uniquely American voices. TMS' commentary collection, American Voices, is a weekly package of columnists who can bring compelling perspectives on politics, the economy, foreign affairs and cultural issues to your publication or website.
The package includes:
Robert Reich: Former U.S. Labor Secretary, Reich now serves as professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He writes regular commentaries for www.publicradio.org and his most recent book is "Supercapitalism."
Joel Brinkley: A former New York Times foreign correspondent, Brinkley is now Hearst Professional in Residence for the journalism program at Stanford University. He writes a weekly foreign-affairs column for the San Francisco Chronicle and is at work on his fifth book.
Rachel Marsden: Columnist, political strategist and former Fox News host Rachel Marsden is a rising voice in conservative commentary. Her columns have appeared in a variety of high-profile publications in America and abroad, and she is a frequent guest commentator on radio and television news shows.
Ta-Nehisi Coates: A senior editor and writer for The Atlantic and its website, Coates has been called "the young James Joyce of the hip-hop generation." He is the author of "The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood."
American Voices Samples
Joel Brinkley: Russia and China defy morality by backing Syria's Assad
It's no surprise that on the very day Russia insisted it would not support a United Nations resolution calling for an arms embargo on Syria, the state also announced that it will continue selling Syria vast quantities of arms and ammunition, used ...
Rachel Marsden: Romney is dangerously naive on foreign policy
Mitt Romney appears to have all the foreign-policy savvy of someone who once visited Euro Disney, and it's freaking me out. Never has the world been so interconnected, with power and influence becoming decentralized and regionalized.
Robert B. Reich: The downward mobility of the American middle class
January's increase in hiring is good news, but it masks a bigger and more disturbing story -- the continuing downward mobility of the American middle class.
Joel Brinkley: Drug problem adding to challenge in Afghanistan
France can't seem to decide how quickly it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan after a rogue Afghan soldier opened fire on unarmed French soldiers, killing four and wounding 15.
Rachel Marsden: Will any part of Europe save itself?
The Fitch Ratings agency has downgraded the credit of another five European countries -- Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia, and Spain -- citing "the financing risks faced by eurozone sovereign governments in the absence of a credible financial fire...
Robert B. Reich: A globalizing private sector, a government overwhelmed by corporate money
President Obama believes government has a vital role in creating good jobs in America. The facts are on the president's side. Apple Inc. employs 43,000 people in the United States but contracts with more than 700,000 workers abroad.
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