Kari Lydersen

Kari is a Chicago-based journalist and author. A 2012 Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado, her work explores the intersection of environmental, immigration and labor issues. A former reporter for the Washington Post, her work also has appeared in The Economist, People magazine and the New York Times. She is the author of three books, “Out of the Sea and Into the Fire: Latin American-US Immigration in the Global Age” (Common Courage Press, 2005), “Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun” (City Lights, 2008), and “Revolt on Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover and What It Says About the Economic Crisis (Melville House Press, 2009).