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Michael Winship
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Michael Winship is the Schumann Senior Writing Fellow for Common Dreams.
Previously, he was the Emmy Award-winning senior writer for Moyers &
Company and BillMoyers.com, a past senior writing fellow at the policy
and advocacy group Demos, and former president of the Writers Guild of
America East.
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