Author Bios

Michael T. Barry Jr. is a doctoral candidate in history at American University in Washington, D.C., and teaches U.S. history at Montgomery College. He is also an award-winning documentary …

Brandon Jordan is a freelance journalist living in Queens, New York. His work has appeared in The Nation, In These Times and City Limits. Follow him on Twitter: @BrandonJ_R.

Aruna Dutt is a correspondent for the United Nations. Follow her on Twitter @aruna_dutt.

Bob Burton is the editor of CoalWire.

Mary Ignatius is the statewide organizer of Parent Voices, a parent-led, parent-run child care advocacy group in California and a Ms. Foundation Public Voices Fellow through The Op-Ed Project.

Aleyamma Mathew is the director of Women's Economic Justice at the Ms. Foundation for Women.

Andrea J. Serrano is deputy director at OLÉ in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a Ms. Foundation Public Voices Fellow through The Op-Ed Project.

Carter Vance has written for Jacobin, Truthout and Inquires Journal, among other publications. Vance has a Masters of Arts from the Political Economy program at Carleton University in Ottawa, …

Alexander B. Howard is a senior analyst at the Sunlight Foundation. Previously, he was the first senior editor for technology and society at The Huffington Post, a columnist at …

Kasia Tarczynska has been a research analyst with Good Jobs First since 2011. She has contributed to numerous studies and reports published by the organization. Her prior experience includes …