Author Bios

Sylvia A. Harvey is an independent journalist and reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Connect with her on Twitter: @Ms_SAH.

Ben DeJarnette is a freelancer writer based in Portland, Oregon. His work on rural economic issues has been featured in print and online for InvestigateWest, High Country News, Oregon …

Sumaya Awad is a contributor to Socialist Worker.

Bob Vallier is the secretary of Democrats Abroad France, volunteering a lot of hours to get out the expatriate vote and organize political activities for Americans in Paris. When …

Kathi began writing for Midwest Energy News as a freelancer in April 2013 and became a journalism fellow in March 2014. As the author of 25 books and more …

Daniel Byrd is an independent researcher and social psychologist.

Roberta Attanasio is an associate professor of biology at Georgia State University.

Pablo Vivanco is a contributor to teleSUR. 

Milen Mehari is a Next Leader at the Institute for Policy Studies, where she researches the criminalization of race and poverty.

The writer of this story is an independent journalist based in Istanbul who asked to file this story anonymously due to the current climate for journalists in Turkey.