Author Bios

Olivia Exstrum is a reporting intern with The Chicago Reporter.

David Held is Master of University College, Durham and Professor of Politics and International Relations at Durham University. Among his most recent publications are Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is …

Erin Haney is a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco, California. The views expressed here are hers alone and not those of her employer.

Ben Stewart is head of media relations at Greenpeace. He was one of the six protesters cleared of criminal damage to Kingsnorth power station in a groundbreaking trial whose …

Phil Thompson is an urban planner and political scientist. He received a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard University in 1977, a M.U.P. from Hunter College in 1986, and a PhD. in …

Tanya Steele wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Tanya is a filmmaker and cultural critic who resides in Brooklyn, New York. She received an M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School …

Jackie S. is an activist living in Chicago.

John Hanrahan, currently on the editorial board of ExposeFacts, is a former executive director of The Fund for Investigative Journalism and reporter for  The Washington Post, The Washington Star, UPI …