Author Bios

Tanya Somanader is a Reporter/Blogger for Think Progress and The Progress Report at American Progress. Prior to joining ThinkProgress, Tanya was a staff member in the Office of Sen. …

Russ Wellen is the editor of Focal Points, the Foreign Policy in Focus blog. In addition, he holds down the ‘Nukes and Other WMD's’ desk at the Faster Times.

David Solnit is a contributor to Popular Resistance.

Lawrence Davidson teaches history at West Chester University and is the author of ‘Foreign Policy Inc.: Privatizing America's National Interest’ and two other books.

Ben G. Price is national organizing director for the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and author of the newly released book, How Wealth Rules the World: Saving Our Communities …

Mari Margil is the associate director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.