Author Bios

Camika Royal is an associate professor of urban education at Loyola University Maryland. Her research and scholarship focus on racism and the historical and sociopolitical contexts of school reform. …

Rae Hodge is a news and politics reporter for Salon. Her data-driven, investigative coverage spans more than a decade, including prior roles with CNET, the AP, NPR, the BBC …

Jihan Ayo is a fixer, journalist and translator based in Qamişlo, North East Syria. She has a degree in translation from the University of Damascus and works as an instructor at the University of …

Anna Rebrii is a New York-based activist and researcher focusing on the Kurdish freedom movement and Indigenous movements in Mexico. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Jacobin, openDemocracy and Jadaliyya. She is a …

Lyric Aquino is an Indigenous affairs fellow at Grist.

Keith Brower Brown is a member of United Auto Workers Local 2865 at the University of California and was a delegate to the 2023 UAW convention.

Amy Nagopaleen is a writer and activist in Queens, New York, where she can be found defending Drag Story Hour NYC with a band of traveling ukulele players. Her …

Peggy Chen is a journalist and reporter who covers climate, policy, and culture. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, her work has appeared in the LUNA Collective, Overachiever, Alliance Magazine, …

Max Graham is a Food and Agriculture Fellow at Grist.

Mecca Monarch is a chronically ill butterfly of Middle Eastern descent living on Turtle Island.