Author Bios

Erik Loomis is an assistant professor of history at the University of Rhode Island. He blogs at Lawyers, Guns, and Money on labor and environmental issues past and present. His work …

Ribal Al-Assad is Director of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria.

David Hill is a freelance journalist. For more information see www.hilldavid.com.

Ananda Banerjee is a conservation journalist and photographer based in New Delhi, India. He contributes a conservation column in livemint.com/The Wall Street Journal in India and is author of …