Author Bios

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.

Claudia Luther is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer.

Dr. Edward Levine served the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1997 to 2011 as its senior Democratic staff member for arms control and non-proliferation. He serves on the National Advisory Board …

Samantha Retrosi competed in women's singles luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Since her retirement in 2007, she has been active in the struggle for social justice …

Carol Baum serves on the Syracuse Peace Council.

Judy Bello serves on the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, Rochester, NY.

Maria Patrick is the Media Director for National Women's Law Center.

Tamara Pearson is an Australian-Mexican journalist, editor, activist and literary fiction author. Her latest novel is, The Eyes of the Earth, and she writes the Global South newsletter, Excluded Headlines.