Author Bios

Elizabeth Brico is a writer from the Pacific Northwest who covers life after trauma on her blog, Betty's Battleground. Her writing on mental health, addiction and other topics can …

Calin is a reporting intern with the Center for Responsive Politics. Previously, she interned with the United Nations in Indonesia and worked at a media company in Taipei, Taiwan. …

Emily L. Hauser is a long-time commentary writer covering a range of topics, from domestic politics and policy to the contemporary Middle East. Her work has appeared in a …

Arthur Stamoulis is executive director of Citizens Trade Campaign, a national coalition of labor, environmental, family farm, consumer and faith organizations working to improve US trade policy.

Kate Raphael is a data professional, writer and radio journalist.

Nishani Frazier is the author of Harambee City: The Congress of Racial Equality in Cleveland and the Rise of Black Power Populism, an associate professor of history at Miami …

Claudia Williams is a writer and researcher. She recently finished an MA in African, Middle Eastern and South Asian History at SOAS, University of London. She specializes in gender, …

Chauncey DeVega is a politics staff writer for Salon. He also hosts two weekly podcasts, “The Chauncey DeVega Show” and "The Truth Report.” Follow Chauncey on Twitter: @chaunceydevega.

Ian Hoffman is a contributor to In These Times.

Meredith Fowlie is an associate professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley.