Author Bios

Cristina Casabón is co-founder of Baab Al Shams. She has a Masters in International Relations; her research was on Egypt's political transition. Follow her on: @casabonnline

Larissa Converti is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Born in Brooklyn to a Jamaican father and Puerto Rican mother, Vagabond's interest in art led him to become an artist, writer and filmmaker. He studied fine and commercial art at …

Miles Rapoport is president of Common Cause, a national citizen-advocacy organization with 400,000 members and supporters and 35 state affiliates working to keep power accountable to the people.

Enrique Guerrero-López is a member of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation / Federación Anarquista Rosa Negra (BRRN) and a participant in Solidarity Networks in Austin, Texas.

Adam Weaver is a Miami-based activist who writes on left politics.

Jonathan Marshall is an independent researcher living in San Anselmo, California. Some of his previous articles for Consortiumnews were ‘Risky Blowback from Russian Sanctions’; 'Neocons Want Regime Change in …

Based on the Island of Hawai’i, Sophia V. Schweitzer is an independent science writer focusing on climate change and the environment. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Pacific Standard, Wired.com, …