Author Bios

Meredith Clark writes about politics and lives in Brooklyn. Find her on Twitter at @MeredithLClark.

Martha Sorren is a fellow at Truthout.

Marisa Lagos covers state politics for the San Francisco Chronicle, focusing on the Legislature, elections, prisons, crime, and more. She also authors a weekly column, Capitol Notebook.

Sandip Roy is on leave as an editor with New America Media in San Francisco and is currently the culture editor with FirstPost.com in Calcutta.

Dr. Michael I. Niman is a professor of journalism and media studies at Buffalo State College. His previous columns are archived at mediastudy.com and are available globally through syndication.

MariNaomi is the San Francisco-based creator of the graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial) and the self-published Estrus Comics (est. 1998). …