Author Bios

Rev. Stephen H. Phelps, ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), served as interim senior minister of the Riverside Church in New York City, 2011-2014. He speaks and writes on …

YaliniDream is a performing artist, facilitator, organizer, teacher, consultant, and believer in radical nonviolence. She is a volunteer with the War Resisters League. Since February 2014, she and other …

Eric Freedman is director of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University. His latest book is Environmental Crises in Central Asia: From Steppes to Seas, From …

Sarah Smith is a reporter covering housing, mental health, poverty and religion for ProPublica’s South unit.

Esther Kersley is the research and communications officer on the Remote Control project. The project, hosted by Oxford Research Group, examines changes in military engagement, in particular the use …

Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist, writer and activist currently based in Germany. He is the founder of Drone Memorial, a virtual memorial for civilian drone strike victims. 

Ann Tiffany is a social justice activist based in Syracuse, New York,  who has encountered the US empire in Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Haiti.

Pippa Norris is an ARC laureate fellow, professor of government and international relations at the University of Sydney and McGuire lecturer in comparative politics at Harvard University. Disclosure: Pippa …

Neda Simaika is a 2009 Cornell graduate living in New York City.

Zachary Peters is an attorney and a CMD policy counsel; he is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served as the senior managing editor of …