Author Bios

Emilie Openchowski is an Assistant Editor at the Center for American Progress.

Peter Maass is the author of ‘Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War,’ which chronicled his experiences covering the war in Bosnia, and 'Crude World: The Violent Twilight of …

Nan Levinson, a Boston-based journalist, reports on civil liberties, politics and culture. Her next book, War Is Not a Game, is about the recent G.I. antiwar movement. She is …

Alex Kane Rudansky is an editorial intern for McClatchy Newspapers.

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 …