Author Bios

Greg Harman is the founder/co-editor of Deceleration.news, an online journal of environmental justice rooted in San Antonio and the South Texas bioregion. His work has previously appeared in The Guardian, Austin Chronicle, Indian …

Cecilia Garza and James Trimarco write for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media organization that fuses powerful ideas with practical actions. James is web editor at YES! and Cecilia is …

Lovisa Stannow has worked in the fields of communications and international human rights for the past 25 years. She joined Just Detention International in 2002 and has served as …

Michael D. Yates is editorial director of Monthly Press. He was a labor educator for 35 years. He is the author of many books, including Why Unions Matter, Can …

Karen Spring is a Honduras-based human rights activist.

Sandra Cuffe is a freelance journalist reporting on human rights, politics, social movements and migration in Central America. Follow her on twitter at @Sandra_Cuffe.

Paul Redd is a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement.

J. Baridi Williamson has spent 20 years in SHU. Williamson sent Truthout contributor Victoria Law ‘Why We Strike’ in 2012 after she sent him the one-year hunger strike anniversary …

Jeffrey Franklin is a plaintiff in the Center for Constitutional Rights lawsuit challenging long-term solitary confinement.