Authors

The Brian Lehrer Show The Brian Lehrer Show

Apr 20, 2010

Clarissa A. León Clarissa A. León

Apr 19, 2010

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English

Apr 19, 2010

Sheila Kaplan Sheila Kaplan

Sheila Kaplan is a fellow at The Nation Institute.

Apr 19, 2010

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

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