Author Bios

Shaima Shamdeen is a solutions reporting intern for YES! Magazine. She is passionate about cross-cultural and interfaith dialogue. Follow her on Twitter: @ShaimaShamdeen.

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, a reporter for Kaiser Health News (KHN), recently graduated from Indiana University with bachelors degrees in journalism and political science. Her interest in health care during …

Robert joined the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) in August 2011 as the outside spending and PACs researcher. In 2012, he started CRP's “Politically Active Nonprofits” project, which tracks …

Shirlene Stoven is a contributor at Inequality.org.

Sarah Stitzlein is professor of education and affiliate faculty in philosophy at the University of Cincinnati.

Kim Clark is a contract attorney with Legal Voice, a progressive feminist organization that advocates on behalf of women, the LGBTQ+ community, and others affected by gender oppression and …

Avery Phillips is a contributor at Occupy.com

Magdalena Sepúlveda is a member of the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT). Previously she was the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and …

Steven Chovanec is an independent journalist based in Chicago, Illinois. His writings have appeared in outlets, such as The Hill, teleSUR, Truthout, MintPress News, Insurge-Intelligence and others. Follow him …

Bobbi Dempsey is a freelance writer from blue-collar Pennsylvania coal country who frequently writes about poverty, income inequality and other money issues affecting the working class. You can read …