Author Bios

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 …

Margaret Power is a professor emerita from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a political activist. She authored Right-Wing Women in Chile: Feminine Power and the Struggle Against Allende, …

Zachary Bell is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes, photographs, and creates video essays about politics and activism for The Nation, Truth-out, and Salon.com among other outlets. He loves gettings …

Eric Miller is a third-year law student at Seton Hall University School of Law and a Fellow of its Center for Policy and Research. He holds an undergraduate degree …

Michael Ortiz holds an advanced degree in sociology. He works on equitable diversity initiatives for college institutions and writes about issues that focus on consciousness raising and empowerment.

Christa Hillstrom is a senior editor at YES! Magazine.