Author Bios

Miguel Tinker Salas is professor of Latin American history at Pomona College and author of several books on Venezuela, including The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela …

Jasmine Tucker is the research analyst at the National Priorities Project (NPP), where she plays a leading role in NPP's research effort. Her research interests include federal spending and …

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk and translator of Pali Buddhist texts. He is also the founding chair of Buddhist Global Relief, an organization dedicated to helping …

John W. Lawrence is a psychology professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York. He is a member of the editorial collective of Grassroots Economic …

Neidi Dominguez has been a strategist and organizer for immigrant youth from Los Angeles, California. She was born in Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico. She migrated to the United States at …

Michael Nigro is a multimedia journalist based in New York. 

Libi Uremovic is a citizen who started auditing California Local Agencies last year to stop the corruption. 

Melia Ungson is the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment.

Ralph Hutchison is an activist with the Oak Ridge Peace Alliance.

Werner de Gruijter is a social psychologist and moderator of the Symposion Nights in Amsterdam, a platform for critical thought.