James Heintz James Heintz
James Heintz is research professor and associate director at the Political Economy Research Institute of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Mar 13, 2014
Radhika Balakrishnan Radhika Balakrishnan
Radhika Balakrishnan is professor of women’s and gender studies and executive director of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University.
Mar 13, 2014
Andrei P. Tsygankov Andrei P. Tsygankov
Andrei P. Tsygankov is professor of international relations and political science at San Francisco State University. His books include Russia's Foreign Policy (2006) and Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin (2012).
Mar 12, 2014
Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr.
Frederick A.O. (“Fritz”) Schwarz Jr., who was chief counsel for the Church Committee, is currently chief counsel for the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. His book on government secrecy, Democracy in the Dark, will be published by the New Press next year. Schwarz is the winner of the 2014 Ridenhour Courage Prize, presented to an individual in recognition of his or her courageous and lifelong defense of the public interest and passionate commitment to social justice.
Mar 12, 2014
Julia Carrie Wong Julia Carrie Wong
Julia Carrie Wong is a freelance journalist living in San Francisco. Her writing on labor, feminism, tech and class struggle has appeared in Salon, In These Times, and Rolling Stone. She also co-writes a (profane) media criticism blog.
Mar 12, 2014
Susan Freinkel Susan Freinkel
Susan Freinkel is the author of Plastic: A Toxic Love Story and American Chestnut: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree.
Mar 11, 2014
Alexandra Willcox Alexandra Willcox
Mar 10, 2014
Amy Shannon Amy Shannon
Amy Shannon is a senior adviser to NALACC and a strategic consultant to foundations and nonprofits working on sustainability and equity in Latin America.
Mar 10, 2014
Oscar Chacon Oscar Chacon
Oscar Chacon is executive director of the National Alliance of Latin American & Caribbean Communities (NALACC). An immigrant from El Salvador, Chacon is a frequent lecturer on Latino immigrant issues in the United States and the impacts of the Latino diaspora in Latin America.
Mar 10, 2014
Simon Davis-Cohen Simon Davis-Cohen
Simon Davis-Cohen, a 2014 Spring Nation intern, is an independent writer. His work can be found on readthedirt.org, billmoyers.com, truth-out.org and thenation.com.
Mar 7, 2014