Author Bios

Meghan Ralston is a drug policy consultant in Palm Springs, CA. She is the former harm reduction manager for the Drug Policy Alliance.

Bill Galvin is a Vietnam era conscientious objector. He has been working to support conscientious objectors since the early 1970s. He was on the staff of the United Presbyterian …

Anastasia Walker is an essayist, poet and scholar who lives and works in Western Pennsylvania.

David Cooper is an economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute. His work focuses on the minimum wage, state labor markets, poverty, and wage and income trends.

Alyn Ware is global coordinator for Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament and disarmament program director for the World Future Council.

Andrew Lichterman is a lawyer and activist who has served in various capacities at Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF) since 1983, and has served on its board since 1985. He began …

Caroline Holmund is a British consultant and freelance writer based in New York. She has been previously published in The Hill and Foreign Policy Journal.

Georgie Johnson is the social media editor at Greenpeace's @Energydesk and the subeditor at @tweetskindeep.

Maud Hickey is an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of Music Education in the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University. She is with The OpEd Project's Public Voices …