Author Bios

Heidi Garrett-Peltier is assistant research professor at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Robert Lavitt is a partner with the firm of Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt, LLP, in Seattle, Washington, which represents the union - the Machinists - which is …

David Donovan is the creator and managing editor of Independent Australia. Donovan has a several years experience in the media as a freelance journalist and also as media director …

Britney Schultz is Truthout's production manager. She lives in Ohio.

Jennifer Medina is an education reporter for The New York Times.