Author Bios

Raul Carranza is a disability rights activist and first-year law student with a degree in political science. He started organizing against budget cuts in 2011 after the state cut …

Marzena Zukowski is the National Domestic Workers Alliance's earned media specialist.

Patricia Smith is a professor of economics at the University of Michigan.

Jake Johnson is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow him on Twitter: @johnsonjakep.

Christopher Ali is an assistant professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia.

Destiny Lopez is co-president of All* Above All, which unites organizations and individuals to build support for lifting the bans that deny abortion coverage. Our vision is to restore …

Hannes Grassegger is a reporter for Das Magazin and Reportagen Magazine based in Zurich.

Angela Fichter is a creative and writer from San Francisco covering all things culture.  

Ethan Earle is a project manager for the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung -- New York Office. Follow him on Twitter at @EthanEarle.

Cathleen Willging is an adjunct associate professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico.