Truthout
Author Bios

Leo Gertner
Sam Wheeler is a Pennsylvania labor lawyer who has previously worked in electoral politics and in the legal departments of several national unions. Leo Gertner is a labor lawyer …

Alyson Silkowski
Andrea Flynn is a Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, where she researches and writes about issues that impact women and families. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Cosmopolitan, …

Thurka Sangaramoorthy
Thurka Sangaramoorthy is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland. Joseph B. Richardson is a professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland.

Joseph B. Richardson
Thurka Sangaramoorthy is a professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland. Joseph B. Richardson is a professor of African American Studies at the University of Maryland.

Elizabeth Mpofu
Elizabeth Mpofu is General Coordinator of La Via Campesina and chair of Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF). Martin Schulz is General Secretary of Arbeitgemeinschaftbäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL) peasant farmer organization from Germany, a member of …

Martin Schulz
Elizabeth Mpofu is General Coordinator of La Via Campesina and chair of Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF). Martin Schulz is General Secretary of Arbeitgemeinschaftbäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL) peasant farmer organization from Germany, a member of …

Garet Bleir
John Ahniwanika Schertow is an award-winning journalist and multimedia artist of Mohawk and European descent. For over a decade, John has served as the driving force behind Intercontinental Cry …

Maria Lucia Yanguas
Leah Platt Boustan is a professor of Economics at Princeton University. Maria Lucia Yanguas is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Matthew Kahn is a professor of …

Matthew Kahn
Leah Platt Boustan is a professor of Economics at Princeton University. Maria Lucia Yanguas is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Matthew Kahn is a professor of …

Hannibal Rhoades
Hannibal Rhoades is Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at The Gaia Foundation, a UK-based organisation working internationally to support indigenous and local communities to revive their knowledge, livelihoods and healthy ecosystems. …