Author Bios

Dara Cooper is an activist and organizer working on national Black food and land sovereignty. As a food justice activist and prison abolitionist, she finds the existence of penal …

Katie Anderson is a grass roots food rights activist and environmental researcher. A graduate of Idaho State University, she studied Political Science and Economic Theory before launching a research …

Helaine Olen, author of ‘Pound Foolish,’ has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Salon and other publications. She blogs at Where Life Meets Money.

Rod Bastanmehr is a freelance writer in New York City with a passion for music, film and culture. Follow him on Twitter @rodb.

Katie Rucke is a Mint Press editorial assistant and staff writer specializing in health, criminal justice, education, whistleblowers and watchdog investigations. Her investigations related to the coverage of the …

Athar Parvaiz has been an IPS contributor since 2008. Based in Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir, he writes about environment, health, human rights and development issues.

Erika L. Sánchez is a poet and writer living in Chicago. Her work has been published in Cosmopolitan for Latinas, NBCLatino, the Guardian, Salon, Rolling Stone, Al Jazeera and other …