Author Bios

Allan Lichtenstein, a contributing writer to Jewish Currents, has a Ph.D. in urban planning from Rutgers University and has been working in the field of poverty research for nine …

Reverend Gerald L. Durley is pastor emeritus of GA-based Providence Missionary Baptist Church.

Cody Cain is a writer and commentator living in New York City, and he writes a blog for The Huffington Post at https://www.huffingtonpost.com/cody-cain/.

RoseAnn DeMoro is executive director of National Nurses United.

Amanda Armstrong is a writer, teacher and organizer. Her work has appeared in LIES, South Atlantic Quarterly, In These Times and Truthout.

Miguel Altieri is a Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Kevin K. Gaines is the W.E.B. Du Bois professor of Africana Studies and History at Cornell University and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project.

Chris Knestrick is a member of the Cleveland Catholic Worker Community. He organizes with Witness Against Torture and has lived and worked in Colombia, South America with the Corganizes as …

Amalia Pallares directs the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at UIC, where she is also professor of LALS and political science.