Author Bios

Michael Levien is an associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, where he is also affiliated with the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute. He is writing a book …

Rabbi Linda Holtzman, ordained in 1979, is a Reconstructionist rabbi in Philadelphia. She is the leader of the Tikkun Olam Chavurah, a community dedicated to social justice locally and …

Jacob Orledge is a reporter based in Bismarck through ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. He most recently worked for the Tioga Tribune in Williams County. North Dakota Monitor is part …

Eddie Velazquez is a journalist in upstate New York focused on covering organized labor, and the state’s housing and childhood lead poisoning crises. You can follow his work on …

Elizabeth Hlavinka writes for Salon.

Emilio Leanza is a journalist based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Russell Payne is a staff reporter for Salon.

Eyad Zeid is the owner of Nabala Cafe in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.

I.B. Peaceful is the pseudonym of a writer incarcerated in Illinois's Stateville Correctional Center. He chose to use a pen name due to concerns about retaliation.

Eli Sanders is a contributor at ProPublica. Sanders won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing and is a recent law school graduate.