Author Bios

Rory Fanning walked across the United States for the Pat Tillman Foundation in 2008–2009, following two deployments to Afghanistan with the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion. He is the author of Worth Fighting For: An …

Cara Hoffman's second novel, Be Safe I Love You, was named one of the Five Best Modern War Novels by the Sunday Telegraph. Hoffman is the recipient of a number …

James Gustave Speth is editor, with Kathleen Courrier, of The New Systems Reader: Alternatives to a Failed Economy (Routledge, 2020), which contains 28 essays on alternatives to the present …

Paul Felton works at the USPS processing center in Pontiac, Michigan, and is a member of the 480-481 Area Local APWU.

Jesse Lava runs Beyond Bars, which produces short videos and engages social media to fight mass incarceration. Beyond Bars is a project of Brave New Foundation.

Theresa Riley is the director of digital content & strategy at BillMoyers.com. She creates content and oversees the planning and execution of Bill Moyers' social media strategy. She is an …

Michael Beckel is a politics reporter at The Center for Public Integrity.

Robert Pallitto is an associate professor of political science at Seton Hall University and a former trial attorney. He is the editor ofTorture and State Violence in the United States (2011). Laura …

Ariel Wittenberg has previously worked for the Center for Public Integrity, where she covered the nation's foreclosure crisis. A graduate of Brandeis University, she was editor-in-chief of the campus …