Author Bios

Christine Petré is an independent journalist, researcher and analyst based in Tunisia. Follow her work on christinepetre.com or @ChristinePetre.

Lillian Rosengarten is a clinical social worker and psychoanalyst. She is a poet, writer, mother, grandmother and progressive human rights activist. Her writings have been published on Mondoweiss.net and …

Paul Nyhan is the senior writer for Equal Voice News. He has worked as a journalist at Bloomberg News, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Congressional Quarterly. He has covered social …

Chelsea Gilmour is an assistant editor at Consortiumnews.com. She has previously published ‘The Mystery of the Civil War's Camp Casey’ and ‘Jeb Bush's Tangled Past.’

David Shorter is Professor and Vice Chair of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California Los Angeles. He is also affiliated with their American Indian Studies Program, …

David M. Chandler is a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, currently completing his dissertation on social impact bonds and …

Fatema, 20, a writer for We Are Not Numbers, was born in the United States, but her family relocated to Lebanon when she was 5 years old. Both of her parents …

Ben Whitford is The Ecologist's US correspondent. He tweets - occasionally - at @ben_whitford, and can be found online at BenWhitford.com.

Rebecca Pierce is an independent journalist and documentary filmmaker with a focus on militarization, borders, prisons and policing.