Author Bios

Abby Cunniff is a Ph.D. student in environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Alejandro Lara-Briseno is an Indigenous rights activist. He is Mexica (Aztec) and practices danza ceremonies. He studies with Mayan elders, and with elders within the Native American Church. He …

Elizabeth Preza is a contributor to AlterNet. Follow her on Twitter: @lizacisms.

Brandon Rees is the deputy director of the AFL-CIO's Office of Investment. 

Brooke Nally is a sustainability expert and green advocate. She recently graduated with a double degree in business and sustainable studies, and she now does the content strategy for a renewable energy website, SolarPowerAuthority.

David Winfrey is a youngish Boomer whose extensive reading in history, politics, sociology and women's studies has left him frequently appalled, but rarely shocked, by events both foreign and domestic.

Aisling O'Donnell is a lecturer of international development at the Australian Catholic University.

Miguel Lovera is an agriculture and forest policy expert who is currently a member of the Global Forest Coalition and researcher at the Universidad Católica de Asunción - CEIDRA (Center …

Alex Schmaus is a member of Students Against War and the International Socialist Organization at San Francisco State University.

Alyssa Stryker is the criminal justice reform manager at the Drug Policy Alliance. She is committed to ending the war on drugs so that it can no longer be …