Author Bios

Michael Ratner is president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents WikiLeaks and Julian Assange as well as other journalists and major news organizations seeking to make …

Amanda Peterson Beadle is an editorial assistant at ThinkProgress.org. She received her B.A. in journalism and Spanish from the University of Alabama, where she was editor-in-chief of the campus …

Ron Boyer is a new contributor to Truthout. During his career in government, Boyer managed major, special projects in workforce development and criminal justice policy reform. He successfully advocated …

Thorne Dreyer edits The Rag Blog, hosts Rag Radio, and is director of the New Journalism Project. Dreyer was founding “funnel” of The Rag in Austin, a member of …

Edward Girardet is a journalist, writer and producer who has reported widely from humanitarian and conflict zones in Africa, Asia and elsewhere since the late 1970s. As a foreign …

Jerome Richard is a social commentator and the author of ‘The Kiss of the Prison Dancer.’ Links to some of his articles are on his web site: www.jeromerichard1.com.