Adolph Reed Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the editor and author of several books on the relationship between class and racism. His writing and opinion pieces have appeared on academic and popular journals and magazines including The Progressive, The Village Voice, The New Republic, The Nation, Dissent, and nonsite.org, of which he is an editorial board member. Professor Reed served on the board of Public Citizen Inc., was a member of the Interim National Council of the Labor Party, and is currently on the boards of Food and Water Action and the Debs-Jones-Douglass Institute (DJDI), serving as a regular on its Class Matters podcast