Author Bios

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.

Alice Cuddy is a freelance journalist based in Southeast Asia. Her work focuses on topics including deforestation, sustainable development and corruption.

Robert H. Scott III is an associate professor of economics at Monmouth University.

Steven Pressman is a professor of economics at Colorado State University.

Dave Anderson is the policy and communications manager for the Energy and Policy Institute. Dave has been working at the nexus of clean energy and public policy since 2008. …

Ben Knight is a freelance journalist in Berlin. Follow him on Twitter: @BenWernerKnight.