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Vida Samiian

Vida Samiian is visiting researcher at UCLA, and Professor and Dean Emerita at CSU Fresno.
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Larry Hanley

Larry Hanley is a professor at San Francisco State University.
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Pat Gowens

Pat Gowens is director of Welfare Warriors in Milwaukee and the founder of Mother Warriors Voice, a 36-year-old, ad-free, international magazine fighting for the lives of mothers and children …
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Sandy West

Sandy West is contributor to Kaiser Health News.
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Bill Gallegos

Bill Gallegos is a former little league second baseman, longtime Chicano activist.
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Mike Brand

Mike Brand is an adjunct professor of genocide studies and human rights at the University of Connecticut, a senior fellow at George Mason University’s Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program, …
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James Haslam

James Haslam is a senior fellow at Race Forward helping lead the H.E.A.L. Together initiative and is the founding executive director at Rights & Democracy.
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Kirk Swearingen

Kirk Swearingen is a poet and independent journalist. He is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, and his work has appeared in Delmar, MARGIE, Bloom, the American …