Authors

Eugene Jarecki Eugene Jarecki

Eugene Jarecki is an acclaimed filmmaker who has twice won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, first in 2005 for Why We Fight, an examination of America's military-industrial complex and then in 2012 for The House I Live In, an exploration of the origins and impact of the US War on Drugs. His other films include Reagan (HBO, 2011), The Trials of Henry Kissinger (BBC/Sundance, 2002) and Freakonomics (Magnolia, 2010). He is also the author of The American Way of War (Simon & Schuster, 2008), andthe creator of Move Your Money, a viral video that sparked a national movement to shift personal banking away from "too big to fail" banks in 2010.

Nov 8, 2012

Alex Berryhill Alex Berryhill

Alex Berryhill is an undergraduate student reporter for The Daily Cal.

Nov 8, 2012

Julianne Hing Julianne Hing

Julianne Hing is a contributing writer at The Nation, where she covers immigration and the politics of the changing demography of the United States. She previously covered immigrat…

Nov 6, 2012

Helen Yang Helen Yang

Helen Yang, a sophomore at Princeton University, is very interested in the environment and community service, and has engaged in volunteering activities such as the Fair Oaks Youth Advisory Board, National Honors Society, and teaching opportunities.

Nov 5, 2012

Adam Martin Adam Martin

Adam Martin is a writer, musician, and student at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

Oct 31, 2012

John Knefel John Knefel

John Knefel is an independent journalist based in Brooklyn. He has written for Salon, Alternet, Truthout, FAIR, and The Onion. He is also the co-host of Radio Dispatch, which airs Monday–Thursday and which focuses on radical and underreported stories.

Oct 31, 2012

Linda Polman Linda Polman

Linda Polman, a Dutch freelance journalist, is the author of War Games: The Story of War and Aid in Modern Times.

Oct 31, 2012

Sarah Waheed Sarah Waheed

Sarah Waheed, a historian of modern South Asia, specializes in Islam in South Asia, nationalist politics in colonial India and post-colonial India and Pakistan. She currently teaches at Georgetown University.

Oct 31, 2012

Mike Tidwell Mike Tidwell

Mike Tidwell is author of The Ravaging Tide: Strange Weather, Future Katrinas and the Coming Death of America's Coastal Cities (Free Press) and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. He can be reached at [email protected].

Oct 29, 2012

Nikolas Angelopoulos Nikolas Angelopoulos

Nikolas Angelopoulos a freshman at Polytechnic School in Pasadena, CA. He is an active member of the debate team, and aspires to be a neurosurgeon and rock star.

Oct 26, 2012

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