Author Bios

George Lavender is a producer for the National Radio Project. He joined the National Radio Project in 2012.  He has worked as a radio reporter for several outlets, including …

Mugambi Jouet's writing on American political and social issues has appeared in The Huffington Post, the French daily Le Monde and in various law journals. He is at work …

The Executive Director of the League of Young Voters, Rob ‘Biko’ Baker is a nationally recognized young leader. In his home community of Milwaukee, he has organized town hall …

Bill Zimmerman is a political consultant with Zimmerman & Markman, Inc. in Santa Monica. He is the author of ‘Troublemaker: A Memoir from the Front Lines of the Sixties’ …

Matt Amaral is a writer and high school English teacher from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a featured blogger at EducationNews.org, a leading international website for education …

P. L. Thomas, Associate Professor of Education (Furman University, Greenville SC), taught high school English in rural South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is a column editor …

The Center for Popular Economics of Amherst, Massachusetts, has offered economics education for activists since 1978.

Collin Harris is a freelance writer and activist based in Portland, Oregon. He is launching MOSS Media in 2012, a grassroots media project using movements, music and media to …

Based in Seattle, Alex Brown covers environmental issues for Stateline. Prior to joining Stateline, Brown wrote for The Chronicle in Lewis County, Washington state.