Author Bios

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 …

Professor Jules Lobel is the Bessie McKee Wathour Endowed Chair at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Recently, Lobel co-authored the award winning book, Less Safe, Less Free: …

Andrew Kolin is a Professor of Political Science at Hilbert College near Buffalo, NY. He earned his doctorate in political science from the City University of New York Graduate …

John H. Cushman Jr. is a reporter for the New York Times.

Paul Street is the author of Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11 (Paradigm, 2004) and The Empire's New Clothes: Barack Obama in the Real World of …

Preston Elrod received his PhD at Western Michigan University. He is currently a professor and coordinator of the undergraduate program in criminal justice at Eastern Kentucky University. He has …

Stephen Roblin is an activist and independent researcher living in Baltimore, Maryland.

Annette Bernhardt is policy co-director at the National Employment Law Project.