Author Bios

Nida Bajwa is a winter 2017 In These Times editorial intern.

Josh Cohen is a freelance writer in Seattle. He's written for The Nation, Pacific Standard, Vice and Next City. Follow him on Twitter: @jcohenwrites.

Benjamin Waltham Rivers is a member of the Visibility Collective in Oakland, California.

Melissa Cox is the Media and Education Coordinator for Other Worlds. She is a consultant for Human Pictures. She is a writer and filmmaker, leveraging the power of storytelling to tip the …

Priscilla Eyles is a charity communications and marketing specialist, freelance journalist, singer and occasional poet with a passion for the arts, human rights, the environment, self-development, mental health and psychology. You …

Paul Kennedy has been the host of Ideas since 1999, when he succeeded the legendary Lister Sinclair. But Paul's association with the program goes back more than 30 years, …

Lauri Myllyvirta is a contributor to Energydesk. Follow Lauri on Twitter.

Miranda Yaver is a lecturer in political science at Yale University.

John C. Cannon writes about science, travel and the outdoors from his home in the Central African Republic. A former Peace Corps volunteer, he's particularly interested in investigating the …