Author Bios

Robin Lindley is a Seattle writer and attorney.  He contributes to History News Network, Crosscut, Real Change and other publications on history, politics, peace and justice issues, international affairs, …

Public Citizen fights for openness and democratic accountability in government; for the right of consumers to seek redress in the courts; for clean, safe and sustainable energy sources; for …

Alexander Eichler is a business reporter at The Huffington Post. He can be reached at [email protected].  

Nicole Erwin is a 2011 journalism fellow with The Fund for American Studies. She currently lives in Jeju, South Korea, and regularly contributes to The Jeju Weekly, Arirang and …

Nona Willis Aronowitz is a writer, editor, cofounder of Tomorrow Magazine, and Pipeline Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute. She tweets at @NonaWA.

Dalila Mahdawi is an independent human rights journalist in Beirut, Lebanon. Contact her at [email protected].   

Farid Abdel-Nour is Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University where is a founding member of the Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies.

Emily Berman works as a counsel for the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program. She works to protect individual rights through the promotion of effective oversight mechanisms for the …

Jonathan Hafetz is a law professor at Seton Hall School of Law where he focuses his research on national security, human rights, immigration, and constitutional law. He is the former …

Mitu Sengupta is an associate professor in the department of politics and public administration at Ryerson University and the director of the Centre for Development and Human Rights.