Author Bios

Chris Steele is an independent journalist, writer/storyteller, researcher, hip-hop artist, educator and host of the “Time Talks” podcast. He co-authored a chapter in Noam Chomsky’s book Occupy: Reflections on …

John Heid is a member of the Rose of the Desert community in Tucson, Arizona.

Susanne Dumbleton, a Public Voices Fellow with the OpEd Project, is professor and former dean at DePaul University. She is writing a book on the roles of Aung San …

Kim McCarten is a creative director/writer living in Chicago, who's worked on issues related to media literacy.

Kathleen Wells is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall) and host of The Kathleen Wells Show on KCAA-AM (1050).

Sara Santiago is a stakeholder engagement analyst at Future 500, a global nonprofit specializing in stakeholder engagement and building bridges between parties at odds - often corporations and NGOs, …

Susan Freinkel is the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and American Chestnut: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree.