Zaid Jilani
Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Zaid Jilani is a former communications and outreach coordinator for United Republic and a former senior reporter-blogger for ThinkProgress. His work has also appeared in outlets including Salon and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Follow him on Twitter: @ZaidJilani.
ALL POSTS BY Zaid Jilani
November 21, 2013As more government work is outsourced to private consultants, more public policy school grads -- trained for government service -- are working for corporations instead.
September 20, 2013Many of the politicians who rail against SNAP in Congress bring home huge sums of federal assistance to their supporters.
September 12, 2013Dovish Republicans like Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) are turning away from the neoconservative wing of the party, and they're gaining support.
September 2, 2013Unions fought to win all sorts of benefits for Americans, ranging from widespread employer-sponsored health care to reduced workdays. But this Labor Day, many of these hard-fought benefits are under attack.
August 16, 2013President Obama escalated the U.S. drone campaign in Yemen earlier this month -- and it's not winning many hearts and minds on the ground there.
August 2, 2013Zaid Jilani takes a look at the Wall Street connections of two economists on President Obama's shortlist of replacements for Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve.
