Author Bios

George Ruiz is a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement.

Julian Bond was Chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors from February 1998 until February 2010 and is now Chairman Emeritus. He is a Distinguished Scholar in the School …

Jane Yurechko is a Public Policy Research Intern at Campaign for America's Future.

Manar Ammar is a contributor at WIP.net, Occupy.com, and the Egypt corespondent at Women News Network (WNN).

Mike Morey is currently working on a history of the African-American Twenty-fourth Infantry's service in the Philippine-American War, 1899-1902.

Devon Douglas-Bowers is a Political Science major at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He runs a blog entitled, ‘What About Peace,’ and has contributed to Global Research. He is also on …

Veteran foreign correspondent Douglas Birch has reported from more than 20 countries, covered four wars, a dozen elections, the death of a pope and the hunt for a malaria vaccine. …