Author Bios

Mark Anderson is a veteran journalist who divides his time between Texas and Michigan. Email him at [email protected].

Paul R. Pillar, in his 28 years at the Central Intelligence Agency, rose to be one of the agency's top analysts. He is now a visiting professor at Georgetown …

Peter Rugh is associate editor at The Indypendent. Follow him on Twitter: @JohnReedsTomb.

Andrew Jenkins is a youth leader, reproductive justice advocate and progressive at heart. During his undergraduate career in women, gender and sexuality studies, Andrew organized young people on his …

Risa Isard graduates from Duke University in May 2012 with a self-designed degree in ‘Social Change at the Intersection of Culture, Gender, and Sports.’ At Duke, she spent three …

Jeffrey B. Rubin Ph.D., is the creator of meditative psychotherapy, a practice that he developed through insights gained from decades of study, teaching and helping hundreds of people flourish. …

Rand Wilson has worked as a union organizer for more than 40 years. He worked for the Teamsters union on the historic 1997 UPS strike, and most recently for …

Diane Krauthamer is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, and has published in The Indypendent and Labor Notes. She holds a master's degree in media studies from the New …