Author Bios

Ram Puniyani is a Professor in Biomedical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai. Apart from his teaching and research activities, he pursues a parallel track concerned with …

William A. Collins, an OtherWords columnist, is a former Connecticut state lawmaker and the former mayor of Norwalk. He founded Minuteman Media, which later became OtherWords, in 1998.

Janan Abdu is a social worker, feminist activist and researcher with Mada al-Carmel, the Haifa-based Arab Center for Applied Social Research.

Annie Leonard is the executive director for Greenpeace USA.

Shamus Cooke is a social service worker, trade unionist and writer for Workers Action (www.workerscompass.org).  He can be reached at [email protected].

Jim Morris is a senior reporter and editor at the Center for Public Integrity and co-leader of the environment and labor team. A journalist since 1978, Morris has won …