Author Bios

Adam Ramsay is the Co-Editor of openDemocracyUK and also works with Bright Green. Before, he was a full time campaigner with People & Planet. You can follow him at @adamramsay.

Peter Slavin is a freelance journalist and editor. He has been writing about Appalachia since 1995. He also writes about cities and Southeast Asia. He has been published by The …

Sally Nyakanyanga is a contributor to Inter Press Service.

John Ertl is a field mobilization specialist for the Amalgamated Transit Union.

Angela Simaan is communications director for Main Street Alliance, a national network of small business coalitions working to build a new voice for small businesses on important public policy …

Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez is a research assistant professor at the IMDEA Networks Institute in Madrid, Spain, and a research scientist in networking and security at the International Computer Science Institute …

Srikanth Sundaresan is a research fellow in Computer Science at Princeton University.

Erik Vance is a science writer based in Mexico City. Follow him on Twitter:

Heather Ann Thompson is a professor of history and Afroamerican and African studies at the University of Michigan.