Author Bios

Almerindo E. Ojeda is the founding director of the University of California at Davis Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas and the principal investigator for …

Ali Winston covers law enforcement, criminal justice and surveillance. His reporting has won awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, the New York City Community Media Alliance, CUNY-John …

José Domingo Guariglia is a journalist, blogger and broadcaster from Venezuela/Italy.

Anthony Gregory is research editor at The Independent Institute.

Martin Xavi Macias is Chicago-based multimedia journalist with City Bureau and The Columbia Chronicle. His interests include mental health and disability justice, collective liberation and international solidarity. Join him: …

Rocky Kistner is a communications associate with the Natural Resources Defense Council, focusing on the Gulf oil disaster. He's a former broadcast journalist.

Jim Burroughs, director, producer and cinematographer, has filmed on six continents, documenting wars, expeditions and historical events. He was an Academy Award nominee for ‘Cuban Odyssey’ and received an …

Elyse Cherry is chief executive officer of Boston Community Capital.

Jeff Spross is video editor and blogger for ThinkProgress.org. Jeff was raised in Texas and received his B.S. in film from the University of Texas, after which he worked …

Gianna Palmer is a multiplatform freelance journalist and a recent graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born and raised in Eugene, Oregon, she graduated Phi Beta Kappa from …