Author Bios

Xandan is a trans writer incarcerated in a Texas state prison. Xandan has been held in “restrictive housing” (effectively solitary confinement) for over seven years — treatment he sees …

Scott Russell is a contributor to Unicorn Riot.

Hannes Brunner is a contributor to Unicorn Riot.

Devon Cupery is a contributor to Unicorn Riot.

Nada Elia is a diasporic Palestinian scholar and activist whose work, both in the classroom and the streets, focuses on exposing and redressing structural systems of oppression. She is …

Sufia Khalid is deputy director of the National Security Criminal Defense Center at the Muslim Legal Fund of America, where she defends clients in federal national security prosecutions with …

Naisha Roy is a reporter at ProPublica.

Nabil Salih is a writer and photographer from Baghdad. He contributes for the New York Review of Books, London Review of Books, Boston Review, and other publications, and is …

Alecia Taylor is the national education reporter at Capital B.

Ali Harb is a journalist based in Washington, D.C. His work focuses on U.S. foreign policy, elections, and Arab American communities.