Faiz Shakir is a Vice President at the Center for American Progress and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ThinkProgress.org. He holds a B.A. degree in Government from Harvard University and a J.D. degree from the Georgetown Law Center. Faiz has previously worked as a Research Associate for the Democratic National Committee, as a Legislative Aide to Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL) on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and as a communications aide in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Faiz is co-author of Howard Dean’s Prescription for Real Healthcare Reform, The Change We Need: What Britain Can Learn from Obama’s Victory, and Fear, Inc: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America. Faiz has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, and C-SPAN, among other networks, and is a frequent guest on various radio shows.

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