Ari Melber is a correspondent for The Nation magazine, the oldest political weekly in America, a writer for the magazine’s blog, and a columnist for Politico. As a commentator on public affairs, Melber frequently appears on national television, including NBC, CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, FOX News and Bloomberg News; his views have been quoted by publications such as The Washington Post, The New York Times and Roll Call, among others; and he has been a featured speaker at Harvard, Yale, Columbia and NYU, among other institutions. During the 2008 presidential election, Melber traveled with the Obama Campaign on special assignment for The Washington Independent. Previously, he served as a Legislative Aide in the U.S. Senate and as a national staff member of the 2004 John Kerry Presidential Campaign.

Melber received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Melber is a member of the American Constitution Society, he serves on the advisory board of the Roosevelt Institute and lives in Manhattan.

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