Author Bios

John Cusack makes films and is a board member of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. Follow him on Twitter: @johncusack.

David Muhammad is the former Chief Probation Officer of Alameda County in California and the former Deputy Commissioner of Probation in New York City. He now consults with philanthropic …

Jan Hollingsworth is an award-winning journalist with 25 years experience in print, broadcast and online reporting. She is the author of ‘Unspeakable Acts.’

Polina Marinova wrote this article for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media organization that fuses powerful ideas and practical actions.

Stacey Malkan is media director with the Yes on Proposition 37 California Right to Know Campaign.

Greg Muttitt is the author of Fuel on the Fire: Oil and Politics in Occupied Iraq (New Press), just published, and described by Naomi Klein as 'nothing short of …

Ben Burkett is the Coordinator for the Mississippi Association of Cooperatives, a branch of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, and serves as the board president of the National Family …

Carmen Yarrusso, a software engineer for 35 years, designed and modified computer operating systems (including internet software). He has a BS in physics and studied game theory and formal …