Author Bios

Maya Rhodan is a senior print journalism student at Howard University where she serves as editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, ‘The Hilltop’. She has previously interned at NBC Universal …

Michael Hawthorne is the award-winning environment reporter for the Chicago Tribune.

James Gundun is an American political scientist and analyst of netwar. His blog, The Trench, covers the under-reported areas of US foreign policy and military activity. Updates on Twitter @RealistChannel.

Landon Thomas Jr. is a financial correspondent for The New York Times based in London. His areas of coverage include the Middle East, Europe and the City of London. …

Laurie Penny is a journalist and feminist activist based in London. She is a regular writer for New Statesman, and the author of ‘Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism’.