Ari Melber is the Net movement correspondent for The Nation magazine, the oldest political weekly in America, and a writer for The Nation's 2008 campaign blog. He is also a columnist for The Politico and a contributing editor at the Personal Democracy Forum, a nonpartisan website covering technology’s impact on democracy. Melber served as a Legislative Aide in the U.S. Senate and was a national staff member of the 2004 John Kerry Presidential Campaign.
As a commentator on public affairs, Melber has been quoted by publications such as The New York Times, Roll Call, and Time, and appeared on national radio and television, including CNBC, CNN, CNN Headline News, C-SPAN, FOX, MSNBC, NPR and Air America, on programs such as “American Morning,” "Washington Journal," "Power Lunch," “The Live Desk," “Weekend Live with Brian Wilson,” "MSNBC Reports with David Shuster," "Your World with Neil Cavuto," "MSNBC Election Night After Hours," “MSNBC Live with Contessa Brewer,” "MSNBC Live with Amy Robach," “MSNBC Live with Chris Jansing,” and "MSNBC Live with Alex Witt," among others.
Melber has been a featured speaker at forums sponsored by the Harvard Law School, Yale Political Science Department; Campaign for America's Future; Young Democrats of America; Democracy for America; New York's Blogging Liberally; YearlyKos 2006, the first national netroots convention; and YearlyKos 2007. He also served on the Advisory Committee to the YearlyKos Leadership Forum for seven presidential candidates in August 2007.
Friday, June 20, 2008 Obama Silent as Democrats Give Bush More Spying Powers (3 comments)
Dem leaders are poised to grant new spying powers to President Bush and arrange retroactive amnesty for telecommunications companies accused of illegal surveillance, according to a deal announced Thursday evening. Today's NY Times describes the legislation, which the House could vote on today, as a "major victory" for the lame duck president, yet Barack has been mostly silent as the house caved to White House demands
