Author Bios

Lucy Duncan serves as director of friends relations for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). She has been a storyteller for 20 years and has worked with Quaker meetings …

Eve Ottenberg is a journalist who has reviewed books for The New York Times Book Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Baltimore Sun, The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The New …

Mary Claire Blakeman is a former staffer for Pacific News Service, New America Media's parent news organization. She has written for such news media as Mother Jones, Ms., The …

Nicole Hallett is an assistant clinical professor of law at the University at Buffalo, the state university of New York. Hallett directs the Community Justice Clinic, which represents low-wage …

Paul Blest is a freelance writer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. His work has appeared in Vice, Salon, Noisey, New Republic, Indy Week and Deadspin. Follow him on Twitter: …

Lavette Mayes is a Chicago Community Bond Fund volunteer, community advocate and mother of two. In 2014 and 2015, Lavette was detained for 14 months in Cook County Jail because …

Matt McLoughlin is an activist and legal worker. He is a founding member of the Chicago Community Bond Fund and currently serves as its director of programs. Cutting his …

Kathryn Milani is a Program Director for the Roosevelt Institute. She brings a range of policy and advocacy experience working on economic and social policy issues for local and …

Colin Patrick is a contributor to Socialist Worker.

Jonathan Timm is a freelance reporter who specializes in labor and gender issues. Follow him on Twitter @jdrtimm.