Author Bios

Joe Burns is a union negotiator and attorney. He is the author of Reviving the Strike, which was reviewed on Talking Union by Carl Finamore. Burn's website is here. 

Congressional gridlock. Political spin. Media battles that distort reality. Where can you get a clear perspective, and see a way forward to change? Burzt tv.

Mamoon Alabbasi (M.A. in applied linguistics) is an Iraqi news editor and translator based in London. His op-eds, reports, and reviews have appeared in a number of media outlets.

The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is the nation's leading organization promoting alternatives to current drug policy that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.

Roopal Patel is the Katz Fellow in the Brennan Center's Justice Program. 

Meghna Philip is a Research Associate in the Justice Program.

Anim Steel is director of national programs and co-founder of The Food Project (TFP). Prior to his work with TFP, Anim was a consultant with Economic Development Assistance Consortium. He was …

Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced.

Masanobu Fukuoka (1913-2008) was a farmer and philosopher who was born and raised on the Japanese island of Shikoku. He studied plant pathology and spent several years working as …

Kristin Rawls is a freelance writer whose work has also appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, GOOD Magazine, Religion Dispatches, Killing the Buddha, Global Comment and elsewhere online.