Stranger Among Friends, as well as Brave Journeys: Profiles in Gay and Lesbian Courage and At Home with Myself: Stories from the Hills of Turkey Hollow. He is well known as a fearless advocate for LGBT equality and other civil rights.]]> Dr. Charles Murray is a Political Scientist, author, and columnist. Born in Newton, Iowa, Murray received his Bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1965. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT. With Richard Herrnstein he cowrote the book The Bell Curve (1994), which looked at IQ as a determinant of socioeconomic status. In 2018, Murray announced his retirement as the W.H. Brady Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.]]> SHAKEDOWN (an anti-war publication for GIs on base and off base at coffeehouse locations). He had two court-martials for distributing unauthorized literature and served six months in army brigs after the second conviction. He was discharged from Fort Knox, KY, where he worked on FTA, the newspaper on base. In 1988, he participated with other Vietnam vets going to Nicaragua. He is one of the four G.I. activists profiled in the film No Sir. Prior to this film, he was the co-founder of the San Francisco Bay Area "Vietnam Speakers Alliance" and is a key leader of the San Francisco chapter of Veterans For Peace. He is currently involved in Burning Man as a participant and activist. He lives with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.]]>
Steve Hager is a writer, journalist, filmmaker, and counterculture activist. Hager was the first reporter to document the hip hop movement of the South Bronx. Later, he became an editor of High Times and founded the Cannabis Cup. Hager is a leading figure in the hemp legalization movement of the '90s. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Theater (Playwriting) and a Master's degree in Journalism, both from the University of Illinois.]]> Vietnam Reconsidered: Lessons from a War. He served as executive director of the California Council for the Humanities from 1983 to 2008. Since his retirement, he has been a facilitator for the Center for Courage and Renewal.]]> President Kennedy: Profile of Power, which was named the Best Non-Fiction Book of 1993 by Time magazine and Book of the Year by Washington Monthly.]]>