Author Bios

Susannah Jacob is a reporter and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post and The New York Times. She studied history at The University of …

Keegan O'Brien is a queer socialist activist and writer from Boston, Massachusetts and an education graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His writing has been published in The …

Dan Zukowski is a contributor to EnviroNews.

Kate Harveston is a journalist and a member of the CODEPINK communications team.

Guy Shrubsole is a contributor to Energydesk.

Chris Baker Evens ​is an Australian photographer currently living in Philadelphia. ​His work focuses on people accessing and using their power in public and private spaces​ through photojournalism and …

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.