Author Bios

Olga Imbaquingo is a research fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Nick Buxton is a communications consultant, activist and researcher based at the Transnational Institute. 

Haiti Grassroots Watch is a collaboration of two well-known Haitian grassroots media organizations, Groupe Medialternatif/Alterpresse and the Society for the Animation of Social Communication (SAKS), along with two networks …

Les Kishler is a community gardens advocate, who works for the Los Gatos-based nonprofit Community Gardens As Appleseeds..

Janny Scott ([email protected]), a reporter for The New York Times, went on leave in 2008 to write “A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother.' (Editor: Lauren …

Joe Tripician is an award-winning producer/writer/director and author. His ‘The Official Alien Abductee's Handbook’ inspired a song Joe co-wrote with Jeff Buckley. His book ‘Balkanized at Sunrise’ tells how …

Christopher Petrella is a Ph.D. student in African-American studies/education at UC Berkeley.

Ban Ki-moon is the secretary general of the United Nations.