Author Bios

Jonathan King is professor of biology emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, co-chair of the board of directors of Massachusetts Peace Action and co-chair of its Nuclear Disarmament …

Cynthia Gordy is ProPublica's marketing director. She comes to ProPublica after serving as deputy communications director for Advancement Project, where she developed comprehensive media campaigns for the national civil …

Tracy Frisch is an independent journalist based in upstate New York near the Vermont border. In the 1990s and early 2000s, she worked as an advocate and organizer on …

Jeff Haas is a founding partner of the People's Law Office (PLO) in Chicago. He was, together with Flint Taylor, a lead lawyer in the landmark Fred Hampton and …

Christine Dickason is a former fellow of the Next Leaders program at the Institute for Policy Studies.  

Elinore Kaufman, MD, is a surgeon in Philadelphia. Twitter: @ElinoreJKaufman.

Dr. Jeffrey D. Pugh is Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and Executive Director of the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC), based in Quito-Ecuador.

Laura Tuggle is the executive director of Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, a civil legal aid organization.

William S. Lynn, Ph.D. (Bill), is a research scientist in the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University, Senior Fellow for Ethics and Public Policy in the Center for …

Emma Scully is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.