- Liza Featherstone
Liza Featherstone (born
April 21 ,1969 ) is an Americanjournalist 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 theUniversity 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 largestcivil rights class-action suit in history.Featherstone lives in
Brooklyn and is married to economics journalistDoug 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]
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