Author Bios

Nell Abernathy is the Program Manager for the Roosevelt Institute's Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative.

Jo Erickson is a Mint Press investigative journalist and producer specializing in criminal and social justice as well as politics. She worked as the BBC’s News and Current Affairs …

When Tiffany Williams joined the staff of Break The Chain Campaign in November 2008 as a social worker, she coordinated and delivered direct social services to domestic workers who …

Janet Allon is a managing editor at AlterNet. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Village Voice, New York magazine, Street News and many other publications. She …

Jospeh Jones is a writer for Occupy.com.

Joseph Schroer is Clinical Faculty in the Department of Educational Psychology at Miami University of Ohio.

Andrea Fonseca is a special education teacher at Castle Bridge, a dual-language, inclusive, progressive public school, a member of the United Federation of Teachers (AFT), and a supporter of …

Wilson Parker is a junior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying Economics and Philosophy. He is Co-President of the UNC Chapter of Roosevelt Institute | …

Dan Arel is a labor and political activist. He is also an award-winning journalist and two-time bestselling author. Follow him on Twitter @danarel.

Melissa Troutman is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker who joined Earthworks as a research and policy analyst in 2018. In 2011, she co-founded Public Herald, an investigative news outlet …