Authors

Jessica Arons Jessica Arons

Jessica Arons is the Director of the Women’s Health & Rights Program at the Center for American Progress.

Apr 2, 2010

Gabriel Thompson Gabriel Thompson

Gabriel Thompson is the author of Working in the Shadows (Nation Books, 2010). He is working on a biography of Fred Ross—the legendary organizer who trained Cesar Chavez—titled America’s Social Arsonist.

Apr 2, 2010

Forrest Gander Forrest Gander

Forrest Gander is the author of ten books of poems, among them Torn Awake (2001) and Eye Against Eye (2005), and a collection of essays, A Faithful Existence (2005). He has also tr…

Apr 2, 2010

Graham Foust Graham Foust

Graham Foust is the author of three books of poems: As In Every Deafness (2003), Leave the Room to Itself (2003), and Necessary Stranger (2007).

Apr 2, 2010

Pedro Noguera Pedro Noguera

Pedro Noguera, a professor of sociology at New York University, is the author of City Schools and the American Dream and co-editor of Unfinished Business: Closing the Racial Achievement Gap in Our Schools.

Apr 2, 2010

Velma L. Cobb Velma L. Cobb

Stephen Zunes, an associate professor of politics at the University of San Francisco, is the author of Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism, to be publishe…

Apr 2, 2010

Amir Soltani Sheikoleslami Amir Soltani Sheikoleslami

Amir Soltani Sheikholeslami is an Iranian-American writer and human rights activist based in San Francisco. He is Middle East and Islam editor at New America Media.

Apr 2, 2010

Rosa Miriam Elizalde Rosa Miriam Elizalde

  Rosa Miriam Elizalde is a Cuban journalist and editor of the site Cubadebate.

Apr 2, 2010

Julia E. Sweig Julia E. Sweig

Julia E. Sweig is the Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow and director for Latin American studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her most recent book is Friendly Fire:…

Apr 2, 2010

James Hansen James Hansen

James Hansen, former director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is adjunct professor in the department of earth and environmental sciences at Columbia University.

Apr 2, 2010

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