Author Bios

Ali Fatemi and Karim Pakravan are members of the board of  the National Iranian American Council. Check out NIAC's blog at www.niacINsight.com.

David Siders covers California state politics for The Sacramento Bee.

Elena Shore is an editor and translator for New America Media.

David McNeill writes for The Independent, The Irish Times, The Economist and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He is the coauthor of the 2012 book Strong in the Rain: …

Christa Donner is a visual artist who uses a variety of media to explore human bodily experience as well as occasionally why there might seem to be no great …

Charles Clover is a journalist and author, with a weekly column about environmental matters in the Sunday Times. He was Environment Editor of The Daily Telegraph, based in London, …

Mark Karlin founded BuzzFlash.com in May 2000. He wrote daily commentaries for Truthout for eight years and was a senior member of the staff. He recently spent a month …

WNN Eastern Europe correspondent, Aida Dervishi, is a native of Albania, who holds a BA in International and European Studies from the University of Piraeus. She is a writer …