Liza Featherstone

Liza Featherstone

Liza Featherstone (born April 21, 1969) is an American journalist who writes frequently on labor and student activism for "The Nation".

Featherstone was born and grew up in the vicinity of Boston. She studied at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

In addition to "The Nation", Featherstone's writing has also appeared in "Lingua Franca", "San Francisco Bay Guardian", "Left Business Observer", "Dissent", "Sydney Morning Herald", "Columbia Journalism Review", "New York Times", "Washington Post", "Newsday", "In These Times", "Ms.", "Salon.com", "Nerve", "Us", "Nylon" and "Rolling Stone".

Featherstone has also written several books. She is the co-author of "Students Against Sweatshops: The Making of a Movement" (2002). In 2004, she published "Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart", a history of Dukes vs. Wal-Mart, the largest civil rights class-action suit in history.

Featherstone lives in Brooklyn and is married to economics journalist Doug Henwood. They have a son, Ivan, born New Year's Day 2006.

References

"Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart" (2002) ISBN 0-465-02315-0

External links

* [http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/bio.mhtml?id=45 Index of articles at "The Nation"]
* [http://www.alternet.org/authors/890/ Index of articles at Alternet]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Featherstone (disambiguation) — Featherstone is a town in West Yorkshire, England.Featherstone may also refer to one of several places: *Featherstone, Staffordshire, a village. *Featherstone, Northumberland *Featherstone, Zimbabwe *Featherstone Township, Minnesotaor one of… …   Wikipedia

  • Target Corporation — This article is about the United States retail company and its stores. For the Australian retail stores, see Target Australia. Target Corporation Type Public company Traded as NYSE:  …   Wikipedia

  • Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. — Dukes v. Wal Mart Stores, Inc., a sexual discrimination lawsuit, was the largest civil rights class action suit in United States history. It charged Wal Mart with discriminating against women in promotions, pay, and job assignments in violation… …   Wikipedia

  • Mauldin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. — Mauldin v. Wal Mart Stores, Inc. was a sexual discrimination class action lawsuit filed on October 16, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, seeking back pay and an injunction. It was most notable because …   Wikipedia

  • Doug Henwood — Born December 7, 1952 (1952 12 07) (age 58) Teaneck, New Jersey, USA Education Yale University University of Virginia Occupation Writer …   Wikipedia

  • Commonwealth School — is an independent high school of about 155 students and 35 faculty members located at 151 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Commonwealth School Established 1957 Type Private coeducational… …   Wikipedia

  • Ellen Willis — Infobox Person name = Ellen Jane Willis birth date = birth date|1941|12|14 birth place = Manhattan, New York, New York death date = death date and age|2006|11|9|1941|12|14 death place = Queens, New York, New York occupation = Journalist spouse =… …   Wikipedia

  • Grist (magazine) — Infobox Website name = Grist caption = url = http://grist.org/ commercial = type = News language = registration = owner = author = Staff writers launch date = April 1999 current status = revenue = Grist (originally Grist Magazine; also referred… …   Wikipedia

  • United Students Against Sweatshops — (USAS) is a student organization with chapters at over 200 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In April 2000, USAS founded the Worker Rights Consortium, an independent monitoring organization that investigates labor… …   Wikipedia

  • Young Democratic Socialists — Infobox Political Youth Organization name english = Young Democratic Socialists logo = chairperson = Erik Rosenberg colorcode = foundation = headquarters = ideology = international = International Union of Socialist Youth, IUSY regional1 type =… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”