Author Bios

Edward Erikson is a partner at MacWilliams Sanders Erikson, a communications firm that works with candidates and causes. He is the communications consultant and campaign manager for Ben Cohen's …

Mindy Townsend is a contributor to Care2.

Lawrence Grossberg is the Morris Davis Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. One of the first students to …

Elizabeth Schulte is based in Chicago, and writes frequently on low-wage workers, the Democratic Party and women’s liberation. She is a contributor to the book U.S. Politics in an …

Gail Ablow is a producer for Moyers & Company.

Nadia Kayyali is a member of EFF's activism team. Nadia is particularly interested in surveillance, national security policy, and the intersection of criminal justice, racial justice, and digital civil …

William Ayers is retired as a distinguished professor of education and senior university scholar at the University of Illinois-Chicago; is founder of the Small Schools Workshop and the Center …

Laicie Heeley is the director of Middle East and Defense Policy at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.

Caroline is a freelance writer focusing on race, class, gender, and the environment. A 2012 graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland, she wrote her senior thesis on the …

T. Colin Campbell is a Professor Emeritus at Cornell University.