Author Bios

Alex Ulam is a freelance writer who covers urban planning and real estate.

Robert Johnson is the co-founder of the Move Your Money campaign, recently reinvigorated by the Occupy Wall Street protests. He is also the Director of the Institute for New …

Brian T. Thorn is a recent graduate of the University of New Hampshire.

Marc Freedman is founder and CEO of Civic Ventures (encore.org). This article is adapted and excerpted for New Livelihoods, the Fall 2011 issue of YES! Magazine, from his book …

Andrew Lam is an editor with New America Media and author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora, and East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres. His latest book is Birds …