Author Bios

Jacob Swenson-Lengyel serves as the communications lead for the National People's Action Campaign.

BasheYousuf, a torture victim from Somalia, was among plaintiffs who won a $21 million lawsuit against his Somali torturer in Federal Court. America's Wire is a nonprofit news service …

Norma Ortiz is a former undocumented immigrant and is now an activist with Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA).

Dr. Gayle Sulik’s ground-breaking analysis of the culture and cult of breast cancer, richly described in her book Pink Ribbon Blues: How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women’s Health, has stirred a …

Amanda Eckerson is a writer and multi-media artist reporting on the 2012 elections in Venezuela from a people´s movement perspective. She holds a degree in history from Yale University …

Robin Hahnel is Professor of Economics at American University. His most recent book is Economic Justice and Democracy. He is co-author with Michael Albert of The Political Economy of …

Elizabeth Ben-Ishai is a Senior Researcher and Campaign Coordinator at Public Citizen.

Christopher Petrella is a lecturer at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and a teaching fellow at Harvard University. He writes on race, incarceration and capitalism. His work is curated …