Author Bios

Deborah Keisch is a founder and organizer for the Massachusetts based Public Schools Action Coalition, a grassroots group of parents, teachers and community members who are resisting corporate education …

Tim Scott is an educator, writer and social worker who was a community and union organizer for many years. He has a doctorate in Social Justice Education with a …

Mark Naisonis, professor of African American studies and history at Fordham University, is author of many books and articles including Communists in Harlem During the Depression and White Boy: A Memoir. The …

Amy edits all Free Press and Free Press Action Fund communications. She also edits and monitors the Free Press and Save the Internet websites, coordinates and edits all blogs …

Anya Schiffrin is the director of the media and communications specialization at Columbia University's School of International Affairs. She teaches courses on media innovation and writes on journalism and …

Emily Homrok is the lead editor and content strategist at Majux Marketing.

Dan Berger is the author of Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey, among other titles, and curator of the Washington Prison History Project. Follow …

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 …