Authors

Columns

Geoff Gilbert

Geoff Gilbert is a reporter and writer based in New York. He focuses on social justice activism, the low-wage economy, and the militarization of U.S. foreign policy. His work has also been published by Salon, TruthOut, Waging Nonviolence, the Brooklyn Rail, and the Indypendent. ...

Dan Kubis

Dan Kubis is a freelance writer who writes about art and culture. He lives in Pittsburgh and has a PhD in English Literature from Pitt.

Mike Bivins

Mike Bivins is a freelance journalist based out of Portland, Oregon, who swills MexiCoke by the gallon. Follow Mike on Twitter @itsmikebivins.

Joseph Todd

Joseph Todd is a writer and activist based in London. You can read more of his work at www.jatodd.com. 

Tara Wanda Merrigan

Tara Wanda Merrigan is a freelance writer and an editorial assistant at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation. You can find her on Twitter @twmerrigan.

David Shor

David Shor is a data scientist. In 2012, he served as battleground state election analyst for Obama for America. He lives in Chicago.

Kenny Gradert

Kenny Gradertis a doctoral candidate in English at Washington University in St. Louis. He has written for Modern Farmer and Art of the Rural.

Jude Doyle

Jude Doyle founded the blog Tiger Beatdown. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, and In These Times, among others. He writes about women on the Internet. A lot.

Glen Olives

Glen Olives is a professor of North American Law at La Salle University, Chihuahua, Mexico, and a specialist in law and public policy. His latest academic paper “Slowly Learning the Hard Way: America’s War on Drugs and Implications for Mexico” was published in the ...

Tim Peters

Tim Peters is a writer based in Urbana, Illinois. He has written for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, Guernica, and others.

Jim Baumer

Jim Baumer is a blogger and regional cultural writer. He tweets at @jbomb62.

Jake Goldman

Jake Goldman is a writer living in Providence, Rhode Island. He can be found on Twitter @internetdogfist.