Author Bios

Jen Chapin is a singer-songwriter and food justice activist with a lifelong involvement with Whyhunger (co-founded by her late father, Harry Chapin in 1975). She recently performed at the …

Lauren Gazzola is a longtime animal rights activist and a communications associate at the Center for Constitutional Rights. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenGazzola.

Tanya H. Lee is a journalist who has been working on issues of significance to the Native American community for almost 20 years. She is former editor of the …

Saskia Sassen is the Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and cohair of The Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University (www.saskiasassen.com). Her books include The Global City, Guests and …

Neha Tara Mehta is a visiting Fulbright scholar from India. A digital research associate at BillMoyers.com, she is a dual degree graduate from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and the …

Chris Wegemer is a student at the University of California, Santa Barbara.