Author Bios

Winifred Bird is a freelance writer covering nature, science, architecture, and more from the US Midwest.

Erin Rode is a climate change reporter at Generation Progress. A Los Angeles native, Erin is a current student at the University of Southern California, pursuing a dual degree …

Carrie Sloan is the senior research analyst at the Refund America Project of the Roosevelt Institute.

Taylor Brorby is Reviews Editor at Orion Magazine and a fellow at the Black Earth Institute. He is currently at work on both a poetry and essay collection.

Jerry Kloby is a sociology professor at a community college in New Jersey (the County College of Morris). He has had articles appear in Monthly Review, Critical Sociology, CommonDreams.org, …

Dr. Chang is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan with honors in Cellular and Molecular Biology …

Dr. Gergen is a primary care physician who strongly believes that collaborative primary care can serve as a tool to address social determinants of health like poverty, toxic stress, …

Lena Odgaard is a Middle East-based journalist for radio, TV and web. Her stories have been published by international online news sites such as Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera …

Movement for Justice in El Barrio is a grassroots organization in East Harlem, founded by Latina immigrant mothers to fight back against the attack on affordable housing and displacement. …

Galen Leonhardy's work as a critical theorist, composition teacher and essayist focuses on educational experiences, abuses of academic administrative authority, writing assessment and on issues of race and class. He is currently a professor of …