Author Bios

Jamie Partridge is a retired letter carrier and an organizer for Communities and Postal Workers United.

Brad Wong is assistant news editor for Equal Voice News.

Ross Tuttle is a documentary filmmaker and freelance journalist living in New York who is working on a long-form documentary examining various aspects of the criminal justice system in …

Kim Simon is a mother and social worker. She blogs at Mama By the Bay and tweets at www.twitter.com/mamabythebay

Roger Witherspoon writes Energy Matters. He has spent more than 40 years working in all forms of the media as a journalist, author, educator, and public relations specialist. He …

JP Sottile is a freelance journalist, published historian and former news producer. His credits include a stint on the “NewsHour” news desk, C-SPAN and as newsmagazine producer for ABC affiliate WJLA in Washington. He curates a …

Louisa Abada is a researcher for In the Public Interest, a non-profit resource center on privatization and responsible contracting.

Avi Asher-Schapiro is a freelance writer based in Oakland. He was a 2011-2012 Fulbright Fellow in Cairo and his writing has appeared in Salon, Muftah, Prospect, and the SF …

Dan Riker is a progressive writer and novelist who now lives in Portland, Oregon. In addition to A Light Not of This World, he is the author of Seneca …