Author Bios

Patrick Parenteau is a professor of law at the Vermont Law School. 

Andy Hazel is a UN correspondent for Inter Press Service.

Tegra Stone Nuess is an editorial, documentary and commercial photographer specializing in travel. After growing up in Spokane, Washington, Tegra attended Connecticut College, receiving a BA in photography and French.

Cristina López G. is a Senior Researcher, with a focus in Hispanic media and Latino representation. She has a graduate degree in public policy from Georgetown University.

Jon Marcus, higher-education editor at The Hechinger Report, has written about higher education for The Washington Post, USA Today, Time, the Boston Globe, Washington Monthly, and is a higher-education …

Aldo Santiago is a freelance journalist, photographer and editor of Avispa Midia and Subversiones.

Martha Stone is the Communications Director for America Promise. Working for American Promise is one way she honors her parents' service in the last century, and models acts of engaged citizenship …

Charles Ornstein is a senior reporter for ProPublica covering health care and the pharmaceutical industry. Terry is ProPublica's community editor. Prior to joining ProPublica, he led digital production and …

Dylan Brethour is a freelance journalist who writes about politics and culture. She's a regular contributor at Byline.com and Londnr Magazine. Follow her on Twitter: @dylanbrethour.

Jill Schennum has been a professor of anthropology at County College of Morris since 1998 and is the chair of the Department of Sociology, Economics and Anthropology. Schennum received …