Truthout
Author Bios

Tony Boardman
Tony Boardman is a Ph.D. candidate in literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Yulia Gilich
Yulia Gilich is a Ph.D. candidate in film and digital media at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Catherine Ipsen
Catherine Ipsen has worked at the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities since 1992. She currently serves as the associate director for Institute and director of rural employment research for …

Lillie Greiman
Lillie Greiman has worked for Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities since 2012 as a research associate focusing on housing, health promotion, community participation, and spatial …

Mneesha Gellman
Mneesha Gellman is an Associate Professor of Political Science in Emerson College's Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies. She does research on the rights of minority and vulnerable …

The Rising Majority
In 2017, The Movement for Black Lives and allied organizations formed The Rising Majority, a coalition that seeks to develop a collective strategy and shared practice that will involve …

Eleanor Eagan
Eleanor Eagan is a research assistant at the Revolving Door Project at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.

Tony Dunn
Tony Dunn is a former fire ecologist and fire behavior researcher. He also worked for Pacific Gas & Electric as the director of the Sierra Energy Center in the …

Karen Scott
Karen Scott is a doctoral student with the Institute for Work and Employment Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan. Her research interests revolve around the future of …

Andrea Beaty
Andrea Beaty is a research assistant at the Revolving Door Project at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. Beaty holds a bachelor's in economics from …