Author Bios

Anisha Kohli is a freelance journalist who reports on culture wars and polarized communities across the U.S. You can keep up with her work on Twitter at @A_Kohli_

Tony Leys, rural editor/correspondent, is based in Des Moines, where he worked 33 years as a reporter and editor for the Des Moines Register. Tony was the Register’s lead …

Ian Sue Wing is Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Boston University. He conducts research and teaching on the economic analysis of energy and environmental policy, …

Giacomo Falchetta is a postdoctoral research scholar at the Energy, Climate, and Environment programme at IIASA (the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) and a scientist at the Euro-Mediterranean …

Enrica De Cian is professor in environmental economics at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy), research scientist at Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), and at RFF-CMCC European …

Deborah Carr is an A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology and inaugural director of the Center of Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. She has written extensively on death …

Griffin Eckstein is a News Fellow at Salon. He is a student journalist at New York University, having previously written for the independent student paper Washington Square News, the …

Albert Serna is a contributor to OpenSecrets.

Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

James Ray is an organizer, writer, and political commentator with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science from Purdue University.