Marilyn Berlin Snell Marilyn Berlin Snell
Marilyn Berlin Snell is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist.
Apr 19, 2010
Sarah Laskow Sarah Laskow
Sarah Laskow is a freelance writer living in New York City. She writes the Media Consortium's Weekly Mulch environmental blog. As a staff writer at the Center for Public Integrity, she covered money and politics, coal mining, and homeland security. Her work has appeared in Politico, The American Prospect, and other publications.
Apr 19, 2010
Nathaniel Parish Flannery Nathaniel Parish Flannery
Nathaniel Parish Flannery is a freelance journalist who lives in New York City. He has traveled extensively in Latin America and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Latin American regional studies at Columbia University.
Apr 16, 2010
Samuel Zipp Samuel Zipp
Samuel Zipp teaches American and urban studies at Brown University and is the author of Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York.
Apr 16, 2010
Paul Duguid Paul Duguid
Paul Duguid teaches at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a professorial research fellow at Queen Mary, University of London.
Apr 16, 2010
Melissa Mark-Viverito Melissa Mark-Viverito
New York City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and was elected to the City Council in January 2006 to serve as Council Member for the 8th Council District. Melissa is the first Puerto Rican woman and Latina elected to represent her district. During her first term, Melissa has sponsored several local laws to address tenant harassment and promote construction safety. Prior to her election to the City Council, Melissa worked for the 1199 SEIU New York's Health Care Union, as well as several community organizations and political campaigns. Besides her professional life, Melissa has been very active in community affairs, founding Women of El Barrio—an organization that promotes the development of women as leaders in the economic, political and social life of their community.
Apr 16, 2010
Brad Lander Brad Lander
City Council Member Brad Lander was elected to the New York City Council in November 2009. Prior to his election to the Council, Lander was the director of the Pratt Center for Community Development, where he worked with community leaders, city government and non-profit organizations to preserve and strengthen neighborhood quality-of-life, promote sustainability, and create opportunity in low-income neighborhoods. Before joining Pratt, Lander served for a decade as executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, community-based organization in Brooklyn that develops affordable housing, creates economic opportunities, and organizes tenants and workers. Lander also served as the Housing & Community Development chair of Brooklyn's Community Board 6, on the board of directors of the Jewish Funds for Justice and Grassroots Leadership, as policy co-chair of Housing First!, and on several panels advising the City of New York on public policy issues.
Apr 16, 2010
Anna Clark Anna Clark
Anna Clark is a freelance writer who lives in Detroit. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Politico Magazine, The American Prospect, Columbia Journalism Review, Next City, Grantland, and other publications. She is the editor of A Detroit Anthology, the founder of Literary Detroit, and a founding board member of Write A House. She is on twitter at @annaleighclark.
Apr 16, 2010
Miriam Pemberton Miriam Pemberton
Miriam Pemberton is a research fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Apr 16, 2010