Author Bios

Saadia Faruqi is an interfaith activist, editor of Interfaith Houston and trainer of American Muslim issues. Follow her on Twitter @saadiafaruqi.

Brian Ward is a long-time contributor to Socialist Worker.

Nur Lalji wrote this article for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media project that fuses powerful ideas with practical actions. Nur is an online reporting intern at YES! Follow …

Lorraine Barlett is a retired U.S. Army JAG officer whose last assignment was with the Office of Military Commissions. She advocates on behalf of Guantanamo detainees, on human rights …

Vicente Navarro, a political scientist and economist, is Professor of Public Policy at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain and also of Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, …

James Fennell was Head of Emergencies for the non-profit humanitarian relief agency CARE International during the 1990s and then Vice President for the private security company ArmorGroup in Central …

Hunter Marshall is a hospice nurse, advocate for the right to aid in dying, and environmental activist from the Pacific Northwest.

Rod Blackhursts is a film director, writer and producer. You can find him at www.rodblackhurst.com, rodblackhurst.tumblr.com and twitter.com/rodblackhurst

Addi Svarogic is a sociologist and a freelance journalist in Sweden.