Author Bios

Tasha Williams writes about economics and technology. Follow her on Twitter: @riseupwoman.

Meredith Hankins is a Shapiro fellow in environmental law and policy at University of California, Los Angeles.

Randy Loftis is an award-winning journalist who worked more than 30 years as an environmental and investigative reporter for The Dallas Morning News and The Miami Herald. He has …

Jennifer Billock wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Jennifer is an award-winning writer, bestselling author, and editor. Check out her website at jenniferbillock.com or follow her on Twitter @jenniferbillock.

Jonah Furman is a staff writer and organizer for Labor Notes.

Christina Fialho is an attorney and the co-founder/executive director of Freedom for Immigrants (formerly CIVIC), a national nonprofit working to abolish the US immigration detention system.

Yasaswini Sampathkumar is a freelance writer and educator living in Assam, India. She spent a decade pursuing a career in molecular biology before turning to teaching and writing. She …

Luu D. Ireland is an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Paul Eselgroth is a contributor to Socialist Worker.

Luke Taylor is a freelance journalist based in Bogota, Colombia. He reports on Colombian politics and culture for leading written publications and radio broadcasters in Australia, Germany, the United …