Author Bios

Peter Stern, a former director of information services, university professor and public school administrator, is a disabled Vietnam veteran who lives in Driftwood, Texas.

Raed Jarrar (@raedjarrar) is an Iraqi-American political advocate based in Washington, D.C.

David Scribner is former editor of The Berkshire Eagle. He's now an editor at a family-owned weekly which serves Great Barrington, in southern Berkshire County.

Laurie Mazur is the director of the Population Justice Project. She is the editor of A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge.