Author Bios

James Marc Leas is a patent lawyer in South Burlington Vermont. He has a Bachelor’s in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master’s in physics from …

Rob Hager, a Harvard Law graduate, is a public interest litigator who filed amicus briefs in the Montana sequel to Citizens United and has worked as an international consultant …

Joseph Goldstein and William K. Rashbaum are reporters for the New York Times News Service.

Elizabeth served as Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East in the National Intelligence Council before retiring in August 2010 after a 27-year career in the US government. …

Ashley Sanders is a long-time community organizer and activist. She currently works with Peaceful Uprising to fight for climate justice and with Move to Amend to abolish corporate personhood. …

Melissa Harris-Perry is a professor of political science at Tulane University, where she is founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the …

Blanche Richardson heads the 40-year-old Marcus Book Stores in San Francisco and Oakland, California, and is an editor, author and anthologist.