Author Bios

Douglas M. Charles is Assistant Professor of History at Penn State University, Greater Allegheny. He is author of 'The FBI’s Obscene File: J. Edgar Hoover and the Bureau’s Crusade …

Max Zahn is a regular contributor to the Buddhist-inflected political commentary web site Buddha on Strike, which he founded. Prior to writing, he worked as a community organizer in …

James Anderson is from Illinois but now resides in Riverside, California. He has taught college courses as an adjunct professor and he has authored articles for a number of …

Ken Klippenstein is a freelance journalist based in Madison, Wisconsin, US. He can be reached via Twitter @kenklippenstein or email: [email protected].

Palina Prasasouk is an independent reporter writing on issues of civil liberties, national security and Guantánamo, and a media fellow at Witness Against Torture. She is based out of New …

Cliff DuRand is a research associate at the Center for Global Justice and editor/author of Recreating Democracy in a Globalized State. He has been organizing educational trips to Cuba …

Kristen Beifus is the Executive Director of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition, which is dedicated to creating an equitable global trading system.

Dr Jörg Wiegratz is a Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development at the University of Leeds (UK), School of Politics and International Studies. Previously, he also taught at …

Cameron Bedard is a contributor to the Your Inquirer Profoundly blog.

Ann Neumann is editor of The Revealer, a publication of the Center for Religion and Media at New York University. She has written for Guernica magazine, The Nation and …