Author Bios

Elizabeth McNichol is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities specializing in state fiscal issues including the economy’s impact on state budgets and long-term structural …

Chris Mobley is a writer for Socialist Worker. 

Liz Ryan Murray is the National People's Action policy director.

Lyndsey Gilpin is an editorial intern at High Country News. She tweets @lyndseygilpin.

Rebecca Green is the Washington, DC, office coordinator at CODEPINK. She is a student at Northeastern University with a sociology degree and a minor in women's gender and sexuality studies.

Simon Chandler is a writer and journalist, contributing articles on politics and technology for the likes of Forbes, Wired, The Daily Dot, TechCrunch, InsideOver, Cointelegraph and AlterNet. He also writes about music …

Zachary Davies Boren is a reporter with Greenpeace's Energydesk, and also writes for The Independent. Follow him on Twitter: @zdboren.

Sarah Rosenberg is an educator who lives and works in Westchester.

Nina Chacker is a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing at Schulze Academy, a Detroit public school.

Sam Underwood is a graduate student in philosophy at Gonzaga University. His other writings can be found at https://livingthegreys.wordpress.com.