Author Bios

Dr. Mercedes Lynn de Uriarte, now a University of Texas associate professor emeritus, was the creator of Tejas, a publication produced by students in her Community Journalism course. It was …

Peter Olney is a retired organizing director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. He has been a labor organizer for 50 years working for multiple unions before landing …

Svetlana Tsiberganova is a member of the left-wing political association in Ukraine called Borotba. She is a native of Donetsk and was a student and resident in Kyiv until recently.

Mel Packer has an ongoing 45-year history of social, political, labor, and community activism.  He was a local driver and over-the-road steelhauler while a member of Pittsburgh Teamster Locals 249 …

Steven Schmidt is a journalism student at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He wants to cover education, politics, foreign policy and labor. Follow him on Twitter for all sorts of fun.

Dr. Ron Daniels is President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer at York College City University of New York. His articles and essays …

Joanne Stocker is a multimedia journalist from Philadelphia. Follow her on Twitter: @sabzbrach

Robin Jacks is an activist from Boston. Follow Robin on Twitter: @caulkthewagon

Raquel Vaquer-Sunyer is a Marie Curie post-doctoral researcher at Lund University.