Author Bios

Carmela D'Amico is a teacher, children's book author, social justice activist and freelance writer whose work has appeared in Salon, Truthout, The Toast, The Seattle P.I. and others.

A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez is a Wyoming-based writer. She is passionate about breastfeeding, social justice and her family. To read more from Rochaun, see her writer's page on Facebook, and check out her website.

Joan McKiernan is a contributor to Socialist Worker.

Derek Seidman is a writer, researcher and historian living in Buffalo, New York. He is a regular contributor for Truthout and a contributing writer for LittleSis.

Ziva Branstetter is a senior editor for Reveal, overseeing coverage of immigration and the workplace. She serves on the board of Investigative Reporters and Editors and is a staunch …

Holly Krig is the director of Organizing for Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration and a cofounder of the Chicago Community Bond Fund.

Stephanie Savell is co-director of the Costs of War Project at Brown University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. An anthropologist, she has conducted research on security and civic engagement in …

Mara Pellittieri is the managing editor at TalkPoverty.org.

Claire Q. Evans is a doctoral student of political science at Vanderbilt University.

Elizabeth J. Zechmeister is the Cornelius Vanderbilt professor of political science and director of LAPOP at Vanderbilt University.