Author Bios

Lisa R. Jackson is a professor of psychology at Schoolcraft College, commissioner at Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and chair of Ann Arbor’s Independent Community Police Oversight Commission. …

Katie Finnigan is a writer, social scientist and member of New York City for Abortion Rights.

Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain is executive director of LIVE FREE Illinois.

Pastor Michael McBride is national executive director of LIVE FREE, which organizes communities directly impacted by gun violence and mass incarceration in order to build the necessary power and …

Zachary Levenson is an assistant professor of sociology at Florida International University and senior research associate at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author of Delivery as Dispossession: …

Aaron Jaffe is an associate professor of philosophy and liberal arts at The Juilliard School. Jaffe is member of the editorial board of Spectre Journal.

Joseph Love is a freelance writer/podcaster whose publications include fiction and nonfiction, with work appearing in Raritan, West Branch, Grit, American Forests, Student Doctor Network and on the political …

Kelly McClure is a journalist and fiction writer who lives in New Orleans. She is Salon's Nights and Weekends editor, and her work has been featured in Vulture, The …

Ananda Deacon (she/her) is a field organizer for Freedom Action Now, Inc. Freedom Action Now is a 501(c4) organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. Through voter engagement, powerful grassroots campaigns …

Jessica Williams (she/her) is the director of Gender Justice at a nonprofit called Freedom Inc. She was born in Mississippi and spent most of her childhood in Arizona. After …