Author Bios

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.

Lauren Anderson is an associate professor of education at Connecticut College and is a Public Voices Greenhouse participant with The OpEd Project.