Anne Carson Anne Carson
Nov 23, 2010
Denise DiStephan Denise DiStephan
Denise Di Stephan has more than 28 years of professional writing experience, including freelancing for regional publications and 11 years working as a full-time staff writer for daily newspapers in New Jersey. She has written two articles about the Paycheck Fairness Act for The Nation. Denise was born and raised in Queens, N.Y. and graduated with a B.A. in English Writing from Queens College of the City University of New York. While working as a reporter and news editor at the college newspaper, she was also a stringer for The New York Times and a part-time reporter for a weekly newspaper. Denise lives at the Jersey Shore with her husband and two children.
Nov 18, 2010
Ilona Turner Ilona Turner
Ilona Turner is an attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Nov 16, 2010
Ben Brandzel Ben Brandzel
Ben Brandzel is a leading international writer, trainer and practitioner in the online organizing field. A former senior campaigner at MoveOn.org and Organizing for America, Ben is a founding Board member at Avaaz.org and 38Degrees.org.uk, currently serves on the Advisory Board of the New Organizing Institute and consults independently.
Nov 15, 2010
Brave New Conversations Brave New Conversations
Nov 12, 2010
Aspen Baker Aspen Baker
Aspen Baker is the leading voice in the nation on the personal experiences of women post-abortion. Under her leadership, Exhale's award-winning pro-voice programs have served thousands of women and their loved ones; innovated new strategies to reduce abortion stigma; introduced new, thought-provoking ideas into the abortion dialogue and been featured extensively in the media. To learn more about Exhale, you can visit their website and their blog.
Nov 12, 2010
Steph Herold Steph Herold
Steph Herold is a reproductive justice activist who has worked in direct service abortion care and reproductive health advocacy. She founded the website IAmDrTiller.com to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Tiller and honor the stories of abortion providers. She also founded the blog AbortionGang.org as a space for young people in the reproductive justice movement. She tweets from the handle @IAmDrTiller and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Nov 12, 2010
Laurie Penny Laurie Penny
Laurie Penny, a writer, journalist and activist from London, writes regularly for The New Statesman and the Independent. She is the author of Penny Red: Notes From the New Age of Dissent.
Nov 11, 2010
Elisa SampedrÃn Elisa SampedrÃn
Nov 10, 2010
Benjamin Nathans Benjamin Nathans
Benjamin Nathans teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Encounter With Late Imperial Russia. He is writing a history of the Soviet dissident movement.
Nov 10, 2010