Author Bios

Beatrice Edwards is both the executive director and international program director at the Governmental Accountability Project. Edwards has 30 years of experience working on labor issues, anti-corruption measures and …

John Weeks is Professor Emeritus of the University of London and author of a new book, Economics of the 1%: How mainstream economics serves the rich, obscures reality and …

Gerry is a Malaysian based marine ecologist, Research Fellow and Advisor to the National University of Malaysia, and marine consultant to the Andaman Resort, Langkawi.

Joeva Rock is a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at American University in Washington, DC focusing on colonial legacies in West Africa. Follow her on Twitter: @southsidetrees.

Kent Shifferd, Ph.D., (kentshifferd@gmail) is an historian who taught environmental history and ethics for 25 years at Wisconsin's Northland College and is former Executive Director of the Wisconsin Institute …

Victoria Bassetti is a Brennan Center contributor. She is the author of Electoral Dysfunction: A Survival Manual for American Voters, published by The New Press in 2012.

Danny Haiphong is an activist and case manager in the Greater Boston area. You can contact Danny at: [email protected]

Serena Nanda is a professor emeritus of anthropology at CUNY's John Jay College. Her most recent book is Assisted Dying: An Ethnographic Murder Mystery on Florida's Gold Coast. 

Bethan Staton is a writer and editor based in Israel and Palestine.  Her work has appeared in publications including New Internationalist, Left Foot Forward and PolicyMic, and she writes regularly for Palestine Monitor.  Previously …