Author Bios

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.

Investigative journalist Marcy Wheeler writes the ‘Right to Know’ column for ExposeFacts. She is best known for providing in-depth analysis of legal documents related to ‘war on terrorism’ programs …

Rachel McKinnon is an assistant professor of philosophy at the College of Charleston. Her research focuses on the relationship between what we say and what we know, a field …

Calvin F. Exoo is a political science Ph.D. (Wisconsin-Madison) and an endowed professor of government at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Exoo has published three books on US politics; …

Bradford Betz is a multimedia reporter who has worked with Brave New Films and Pacifica Radio. Follow him on Twitter @BetzBradford.