Author Bios

Kathleen Neal Cleaver, who currently holds an appointment as a senior lecturer and research fellow at Emory University School of Law, has spent her life participating in the human …

Samantha Demby is an activist, writer and welding apprentice based in Brooklyn, New York. She has spent much of the past few years in Mexico and Central America, participating in collectives that support community land …

Abbie Mood is a freelance writer and editor based in Colorado who covers topics ranging from sports to social/environmental issues. She tries to spend as much time as possible …

Jacqueline Marcus' second collection of poems, Summer Rains, was recently published at Iris Press. Her first book of poems, Close to the Shore, was published by Michigan State University Press. Her essays/poems …

Michael J. Dax is the author of Grizzly West: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West. He writes about the intersection of environment and culture in …

Emily Shaw is a senior analyst at the Sunlight Foundation, where she helps the organization lead the charge to make useful public information available online. Emily writes and speaks …

Guy Reiter is a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and member of the tribe's Conservation Commission.

Spencer McAvoy is a Summer 2016 editorial intern at In These Times. He is a recent graduate from the University of Chicago with a degree in English and a …

Kyle C. Kopko is associate professor of political science at Elizabethtown College and is affiliated with the Republican Committee of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Christopher Devine is assistant professor of political science at the University of Dayton.