Alissa Quart
Author, 'Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America'
Alissa Quart is the executive editor of the journalism non-profit Economic Hardship Reporting Project. She co-founded its current incarnation with Barbara Ehrenreich. She is also the author of four previous acclaimed books, Branded, Republic of Outsiders, Hothouse Kids, and the poetry book Monetized. Her most recent book is Squeezed.