Author Bios

s.e. smith is a writer, editor and agitator based in Northern California, with a primary focus on intersectional analysis of social issues. smith's work appears in publications like AlterNet, …

Stephanie Van Hook is the Executive Director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, California. You can contact her at [email protected].

Jiri Pehe, once Chief Political Advisor to former Czech President Václav Havel, is a political analyst and Director of New York University in Prague.

Suzanne Bauman, co-producer/director of ‘Shadow of Afghanistan,’ is an Academy Award-nominated independent filmmaker who has made specials and series for PBS and the networks for over 30 years.

Steven Starr is the Senior Scientist for Physicians for Social Responsibility and Director of the Clinical Laboratory Science Program at the University of Missouri. Starr has published in the Bulletin of …

‘The Hydra’ was illustrated by Helen Werner Cox, who was trained as a classical painter at Boston University. She is a retired nationally certified library media teacher who has …