Author Bios

Grace Kiersznowski is active in politics in Athens, Georgia, and is a former Sanders campaign phone banker and activist. She is completing her bachelor’s degree in philosophy at the …

Chris Byron is an adjunct instructor of philosophy at Calhoun Community College and is finishing his doctorate in philosophy this semester at the University of Georgia. He has published …

Anthony Pahnke is vice president of the Family Farm Defenders, and an assistant professor of international relations at San Francisco State University in San Francisco. 

Liz Theoharis is a theologian, ordained minister and anti-poverty activist. Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and co-chair of the …

Natalia Aristizabal is director for immigrant justice at the Center for Popular Democracy.

Maryam Jameel is an engagement reporter working on community-sourced investigations out of ProPublica’s Washington, D.C., newsroom. Her reporting focuses on how federal policy affects workplace rights. Previously, she was a reporter …

Isabel Solange Muñoz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Marv Waterstone is co-author of the recently published Wageless Life: A Manifesto for a Future Beyond Capitalism, published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2019. Waterstone is professor …

Ian Shaw is co-author of the recently published Wageless Life: A Manifesto for a Future Beyond Capitalism, published by the University of Minnesota Press in 2019. Shaw is an …

Jhumpa Bhattacharya is the vice president of programs and strategy at the Insight Center, a 50-year-old racial and economic justice research and advocacy organization. Jhumpa’s work on gender and …