Author Bios

Dave Vance works with the Campaign Legal Center.

Karilyn Gower works with  Public Citizen.

Kye Allums is a trans* advocate & founder of Project I Am Enough.

Betty Medsger is a former Washington Post reporter who received and investigated material sent to her as a result of the 1971 burglary of the Media, Pennsylvania, FBI office. …

Marge Baker is the executive vice president of People For the American Way Foundation.

Itandehui Reyes (Oaxaca, 1980) is an independent journalist based in Mexico City, collaborating in CIMAC (Women's Communication & Information). Reyes is also a grassroots media promoter. Twitter account @itadelcielo.

Steve Payne was an organizer with the Service Employees in Minneapolis for eight years. He now lives in Memphis.

Andrew Stachiw is a licensed high school teacher in MA and a worker-owner at the Toolbox for Education and Social Action, a worker-owned cooperative created to democratize education and …

Jackie Tortora is the blog editor and social media manager at the AFL-CIO. Follow her on Twitter.

Nick Malinowski is a social worker, journalist and activist in Brooklyn, New York.