Author Bios

Tanya is an epidemiologist working within the Social and Mathematical Epidemiology group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on violence against women,its causes, …

James Schamus is an American award-winning screenwriter, co-founder of Good Machine production company, and the CEO of Focus Features until its merging with FilmDistrict, the motion picture production, financing, …

Lauren McCauley is an assistant editor at Common Dreams and a documentary producer; her most recent film is Mississippi Messiah, about civil rights leader James Meredith.

Shaun (Sha) Grogan-Brown is the Development and Communications Coordinator of Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ), a national alliance of over 56 US-based grassroots organizinggroups building power for poor and working families …

Kali Nicole Gross, PhD, a Public Voices Fellows, is an associate professor and associate chairwoman of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at The University of Texas at …

Mary Hansen has a hard time staying in one place but is also known to write, edit and be a die-hard Steelers fan. She is an online reporting intern …

Lyndal Rowlands is United Nations bureau chief at Inter Press Service. As a UN correspondent since 2014 she has covered a wide range of international development issues, including development …

V. James DeSimone has been a partner for twenty-five years with Schonbrun DeSimone et al. LLP, a civil rights law firm consistently attaining successful results for its clients in …

Cole Stangler is an In These Times staff writer and Schumann Fellow based in Washington DC, covering labor, trade, foreign policy and environmental issues. His reporting has appeared in …

Marc Morial is the president and CEO of the National Urban League and the former mayor of New Orleans. www.nul.org