Author Bios

Valerie Kiebala is a contributing writer for Solitary Watch.

Margaret Klein Salamon, PhD, is the executive director of the Climate Emergency Fund, the principal of Climate Awakening and the author of Facing the Climate Emergency: How to Transform …

Maria De Jesus is an associate professor at American University and research fellow at Center on Health, Risk, and Society at the American University School of International Service.

Patrick Sullivan is San Diego Site Manager at the Bail Project, a national nonprofit organization on a mission to create a more just and equitable pretrial system in the …

Saurav Sarkar is a contributor to Labor Notes. 

Calvin Thrall is a Ph.D. student in business and development at the University of Texas at Austin.

Nathan Jensen is a professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin. He received funding for this research project the University of Texas IC2 Institute. He is …

Naomi Bennet is a Midwest-based socialist activist and member of the Tempest Collective. Follow her on Twitter: @thatrednjb.

Peter Castagno is a freelance writer with a Master's degree in International Conflict Resolution. He has traveled throughout the Middle East and Latin America to gain firsthand insight in …

Joseph Neese is the managing editor of Salon. Follow him on Twitter: @josephneese.