Author Bios

Johnny Barber is currently in Afghanistan as a member of a delegation from Voices for Creative Nonviolence. He has traveled to Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Gaza …

Mark T. Harris is a Portland, Oregon-based writer. His essays and other writing appear in Utne magazine, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, The Oregonian, Z, and many other publications and news …

Richard Mann is senior policy analyst at Robert Weiner Associates and a Roosevelt University Journalism masters degree graduate.