Author Bios

Colson Whitehead is the New York Times bestselling author of The Noble Hustle, Zone One, Sag Harbor, The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, Apex Hides the Hurt, and one collection of essays, The Colossus of New York. He …

The Quiet American is an arts and politics journal that explores the dreary, hysterical landscape of US media and proposes a brighter, gentler alternative. Arrogantly published in the anachronistic medium of newsprint four times a year …

Tina Shull, Ph.D., is a 2018-20 postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. As a 2016 Soros justice fellow, she founded the publication …

Talila A. Lewis is an attorney, organizer and educator who helps people understand the inextricable links between racism, classism, ableism and structural inequity. Lewis’s advocacy primarily focuses on ending …

Jessaca Leinaweaver directs the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown University's Watson Institute and is a Public Voices Greenhouse participant with The OpEd Project.

Paul Sliker is an editor and commentator at Democracy at Work, and the co-host of Left Out -- a monthly podcast that creates in-depth conversations with the most interesting …

Dante Dallavalle is a contributor to Democracy at Work. Follow Dante on Twitter.

Luster Howard is a truck driver at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory and member of AFSCME 3299.

Maricruz Manzanarez is a senior custodian at UC Berkeley and a member of AFSCME 3299.

Seth Patel is a lead negotiator for the local AFSCME 3299.