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Dr. Wee Teck Young

Dr. Wee Teck Young is a Singaporean physician and activist who lives and works in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Shannon McLeish

A mother and an activist, Shannon McLeish is co-host for the radio show Air Occupy, now in its 45th week of continuous commercial-free programming. Air Occupy fulfills a primary …
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S Taalay Ahmed

Taalay is the creator and current editor of New Religion. He has previously written regularly for regional publications, contributed to various websites and has also worked in broadcast journalism. …
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Jeannette Wicks-Lim

Jeannette Wicks-Lim Wicks-Lim specializes in labor economics with an emphasis on the low-wage labor market and has an overlapping interest in the political economy of race. Her current research …
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Lester Spence

Dr. Spence is Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University. His first book is Stare in the Darkness: The Limits of Hip-hop and Black …
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Brian Concannon

Brian Concannon is a human rights lawyer who directs the Boston-based Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti. He has worked in Haiti for the United Nations and the …
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Len Ellis

Len Ellis is founder of Peace and Justice Center-Arlington, designated an Ambassador For Peace by the International Federation for World Peace, and has been recognized and honored by the …
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Shepherd Bliss

Dr. Shepherd Bliss has taught at three North Bay colleges, including Sonoma State University.