Author Bios

Farah Hyder writes for Occupy.com.

Elise Lefeuvre is a Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Jessica Schieder is a Policy Associate for Fiscal Policy at the Center for Effective Government. She specializes in research and advocacy pertaining to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, as …

Franklin Lamb is doing research in Syria and Lebanon and can be reached c/o  fplamb [at] gmail.com.

Erin Matson is an Editor at Large at RH Reality Check. She has appeared in a variety of publications and frequently on television, including ABC World News, BBC World …

The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five was formed in late June 2001, within weeks of the unjust conviction of the Five in a trial held in Miami. It …

Alison Lowe is a freelance journalist from The Bahamas. She previously worked as Business Editor for The Nassau Guardian and as a stringer for the Associated Press. Alison blogs …

Ramon Galindo is a Producer/Correspondent at RT America.

Josephine Simmons is a management consultant originally from Indiana and now living in London.

Mitchell Prothero is a McClatchy special correspondent.