Author Bios

Lakshmi Puri is assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UN Women. 

For nearly three decades, Anika Rahman has dedicated her life to championing human rights, social justice, reproductive rights, global economic development and environmental issues. Throughout her career, with leadership …

J. Gabriel is a solutions reporter at YES! Magazine. Follow him on Twitter: @JGabinator.

Red Papers is a collective of socialist feminist thinkers, organizers and writers. 

John Smith received his Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield and is currently self-employed as a researcher and writer. He has been an oil rig worker, bus driver and …

Monica Lopez is a producer at The National Radio Project. She has a 16-year track record as a reporter and producer based in California, and enjoys working with reporters throughout …

Alessio Perrone is a contributor to the New Internationalist. 

Danny Sjursen is a retired U.S. Army officer, contributing editor at Antiwar.com, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy (CIP), and director of the soon-to-launch Eisenhower Media Network (EMN). …

Daniel Gutman is a contributor to Inter Press Service. 

Dr. Heather Metcalf is a Public Voices fellow with The OpEd Project and is director of research and analysis for the Association for Women in Science where she leads …