Author Bios

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 …

Richard Kreidler is an entrepreneur turned San Francisco community activist. He can be reached at [email protected].

Lindsay Wise covers consumer affairs for McClatchy Newspapers, based in Washington, D.C. Lindsay previously reported for the Houston Chronicle, where she specialized in coverage of the city's Arab and …

Dr. Tony Nugent is an ordained minister and retired professor of religion in Seattle, Washington.

James Kanter has been a staff correspondent for The International Herald Tribune in Paris and Brussels since 2005, covering European business affairs and the business of green. His previous experience …

Justin Hall is an award-winning cartoonist and the creator of Glamazonia, True Travel Tales, and Hard To Swallow, as well as contributions to publications such as the Houghton Miflin Best American Comics 2006, Book …

After two years on Wall Street, David McDannald left New York to live and write on a ranch in the West Texas mountains. He now splits his time between …