Author Bios

Ashley Braun is a contributor to DeSmogBlog.

Vincent Civiletti has a masters degree from Villanova University. He has taught Latin, history and classical studies for over 20 years in the greater Philadelphia area. He is married to author …

Soo Rin Kim covered environmental issues for the Investigative Reporting Workshop during the summer of 2016 before joining The Center for Responsive Politics as a fall reporting intern. She …

Panyin Conduah is a production assistant for the Moyers team. Her work has been published online at Waging Nonviolence and in The West Side Spirit and Our Town, both local newspapers based in New York …

Chris Brooks, a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a former organizer for the Tennessee Education Association and currently a staff writer-organizer for Labor Notes in New York City.

Tara Smith is a lecturer in law at Bangor University.

Itai Vardi is a sociologist and freelance journalist. He lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts. Follow him on Twitter: @itai_vardi.

Ellis Long is a resident of Uniontown, Alabama, and a cofounder of Black Belt Citizens Fighting for Health and Justice.

Tabetha Wallace is a host of ‘Watching the Hawks’ on RT America.

Jerry Kroth, Ph.D., is an associate professor emeritus at Santa Clara University and may be contacted through his website collectivepsych.com.