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Orange County, A Personal HistoryGustavo ArellanoGustavo Arellano

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Back by popular demand, Gustavo Arellano is a writer for the Orange County Weekly where he takes on questions from the racist to the inane or naïve in his nationally syndicated column, íAsk a Mexican!” His column was published in a best seller book by the same title published in 2007. Arellano’s column has a weekly circulation of over 2 million in 39 newspapers across the U.S. and won the 2006 and 2008 Association of Alternative Weeklies award for Best Column. His most recent book, Orange County: A Personal History, is a memoir, . The writer is also a contributing editor to the Los Angeles Times Op/Ed pages and a radio host on KPFK-FM 90.7.He lives in Orange County and is the proud son of Mexican immigrants.
 

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Marjorie Cohn

Marjorie Cohn is a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego; immediate past president of the National Lawyers Guild, and deputy secretary general of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Her fourth book, The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse, was published in January by NYU Press.

Cohn’s other books include Rules of Disengagement: The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent; Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law; Cameras in the Courtroom: Television in the Pursuit of Justice.

In 2008, Professor Cohn testified about Bush administration torture policy before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. She is the 2008 recipient of the Peace Scholar of the Year Award from the Peace and Justice Studies Association. Her numerous articles can be read at www.marjoriecohn.com.

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