Author Bios

Sharon Parrott is a senior fellow and senior counselor at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Parrott brings to the Center's leadership team deep expertise in poverty and …

Dennis Higgins is a retired computer science professor from SUNY Oneonta who is home-schooling four children aged 9 to 15 on a small farm with beef cows, horses, chickens, …

Rex Weiner is an editor, author and journalist. He was one of the founding editors of High Times magazine. His articles have appeared in publications ranging from the New …

Molly Mapstone is a contributor to Socialist Worker. 

Uzma Alam is a global health practitioner and a participant in the Allies for Reaching Community Health Equity Public Voices Fellowship with The OpEd Project.

Elliott Gabriel is a contributor to teleSUR.

Dana Brown is the deputy director of The Next System Project at the Democracy Collaborative.

Bethany Caruso is a postdoctoral (FIRST) fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at Emory University. Caruso receives funding from the National Institutes of Health.

Casie Stone is a contributor to Socialist Worker. 

Julie Webb-Pullman is a contributor to teleSUR.