Author Bios

Brett Israel is a staff writer for OurAmazingPlanet. Brett has written for LiveScience and SPACE.com, as well as Discover magazine and Environmental Health News. He has a masters in …

Philippe Legrain is an independent economic adviser to the European Commission.

Charles Davis is a writer whose work has been published by outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept and The Nation. Follow him on Twitter @charliearchy.

Mardou grew up in Manchester, England but now lives in St Louis MO, with her cartoonist husband, Ted May and their young daughter. She's been making mini-comics for 10 …

Alexander Main is a senior associate for international policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. His analyses on US policy in the Americas have been published in …

Lance Page and Jared Rodriguez are designers, photo editors and videographers at Truthout.

Alissa Bohling is a former assistant editor and reporter at Truthout and the recipient of a 2013 Excellence in Online Journalism Award from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists …