Naomi Ahsan Naomi Ahsan
Naomi Ahsan is a Research and Program Associate in the DC office of the Center for Community Change, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to the political empowerment of people of low income with emphasis on people of color. She received a BS degree in 2012 in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester, where she minored in Spanish and Clinical Psychology. Prior to graduation, she completed fellowships with Young People For and the Roosevelt Campus Network Summer Academy.
Feb 20, 2013
Jessica Morris Jessica Morris
Jessica Morris is a sophomore at Mount Holyoke College, studying politics. Her primary area of policy interest is education and education reform. She is also interested in feminism, romantic-era composers and blogging. Currently, she is the New Chapters Coordinator for the Northeast region of the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network and was a 2012 Summer Academy Fellow in Washington, DC working at ProgressiveCongress.org.
Feb 20, 2013
James W. Loewen James W. Loewen
James W. Loewen is the author of Lies My Teacher Told Me and the editor of The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reader.
Feb 19, 2013
Seth Rosenfeld Seth Rosenfeld
Feb 19, 2013
Elana Leopold Elana Leopold
Elana Leopold, a product of the New York City public school system, is an editorial intern with The Nation. A recent Bates College graduate, she previously interned with the Flavorpill editorial team and with the Center For American Progress' Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative. In addition to K-12 education, her interests include inter-religious conflict resolution and US relations with the Arab world and Islam.
Feb 15, 2013
Moshe Z. Marvit Moshe Z. Marvit
Moshe Z. Marvit, a fellow at The Century Foundation and labor and civil rights attorney, is the author, with Richard D. Kahlenberg, of Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right: Rebuilding a Middle-Class Democracy by Enhancing Worker Voice (2012).
Feb 14, 2013
Suresh Naidu Suresh Naidu
Suresh Naidu is an assistant professor of economics and public affairs at Columbia University.
Feb 14, 2013
Bhairavi Desai Bhairavi Desai
Bhairavi Desai is the founder and executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance.
Feb 13, 2013
Maria Elena Durazo Maria Elena Durazo
Maria Elena Durazo is the executive secretary-treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and chair of the national AFL-CIO executive council’s Immigration Committee.
Feb 13, 2013
Karen GJ Lewis Karen GJ Lewis
Karen GJ Lewis serves as president of the Chicago Teachers Union, representing 30,000 employees in the city’s public schools.
Feb 13, 2013