Author Bios

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.

Nancy Matsumoto is a freelance writer and editor specializing in the areas of sustainable agriculture, food, sake and Japanese culture in the Americas. Her articles have appeared in Civil Eats, The Wall …

John R. Platt is the editor of The Revelator. An award-winning environmental journalist, his work has appeared in Scientific American, Audubon, Motherboard and numerous other magazines and publications. His …

Lisa Torio is a freelance journalist based in Tokyo, Japan.