We have blanket permission from a number of writers:

Jerome Armstrong (mydd) Uri Avnery, Missy Beattie, Larry Beinhart, Medea Benjamin, Jared Bernstein, Steve Bhaerman/Swami Beyondananda, Kristen Breitweiser, Brent Budowsky, Bob Cesca,  Jeff Cohen, Marjorie Cohn, Tad Daley, Sibel Edmonds, Jeffery Feldman, Bob Fitrakis, Glen Ford and other writers on Black Commentator,  (http://www.frameshopisopen.com), Bob Geiger, Glenn Hurowitz, Bev Harris, Thom Hartmann,  Tom Hayden, Elizabeth Holtzman, Mark Huntress, Robert Jensen, Antonia Juhasz, John Kerry, Naomi Klein, Dennis Kucinich, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Wayne Madsen, Sen.  Robert McChesney, Ray McGovern, Ari Melber (give credit, usually,to original publication in thenation.com,) Rebecca Mercuri, Andy Ostroy, Greg Palast (sometimes posts his own)  Robert Parry,  Scott Ritter, Bernie Sanders, Frank Schaeffer,  Danny Schecter,  Jonathan Singer (mydd.com) Cliff Schecter,  Larry Scott, Cindy Sheehan, David Sirota (if not a creators syndicate article,) Jonathan Tasini, Cenk Uygur, David Waldman (kagrox on dailykos) Robert Wexler, Mike Whitney, Naomi Wolf, Ann Wright,  Sherman (Sy) Yellen, Howard Zinn, Dave Zirin (not sports illustrated),

In addition, with a link to the article page permalink we can reprint articles from dailykos and mydd. But try to get the author to provide a bio, and better, try to get the author to sign up and post on his or her own.