Author Bios

Annie-Rose Strasser is a Reporter/Blogger for ThinkProgress. Before joining American Progress, she worked for the community organizing non-profit Center for Community Change as a new media specialist. Previously, Annie-Rose …

Karen Rybold Chin is a video journalist, active in video documenting many of the major educational, environmental and political issues of our day.

David Smith-Ferri is a member of Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org) and the author of ‘Battlefield Without Borders’ and ‘With Children Like Your Own.’ He can be reached at …

Jeffrey M. Mikkelson is an independent scholar, artist and political activist who lives in New York City. Follow Jeffrey on Twitter.