Author Bios

Leah Jones, born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, is a proud Black mama, a maternal health advocate and birth justice activist. Leah serves as Deputy Director at SisterSong Women …

Lynzy Billing is a journalist and photographer based between Afghanistan and Iraq.

Matthew Choi is a Washington correspondent for The Texas Tribune. Matthew previously covered energy and climate policy at Politico, where he wrote the Morning Energy newsletter. Matthew was also a …

Holly Hacker, Data Editor, previously was an investigative reporter at The Dallas Morning News, writing stories and analyzing data about health care, housing, education, politics and business. Holly also …

Viju Mathew is a contributor to Truthout.

Woods Ervin is a black non-binary trans-femme organizer that has been working for over a decade in movements both for trans self-determination as well as prison industrial complex (PIC) …

Dax Proctor is a contributor to Truthout.

Shakeer Rahman is a lawyer and community organizer with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition. He was previously an impact litigation attorney at The Bronx Defenders, where he worked on …

Danya Zituni is the communications manager at Palestine Legal, where she oversees the organization's communications strategy in defense of the civil and constitutional rights of people speaking out for …

Paul Rosenberg is a California-based writer/activist, senior editor for Random Lengths News, and a columnist for Al Jazeera English.