Author Bios

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 …

Amy Qin is a freelance journalist based in Chicago. Her work has appeared in In These Times, Block Club Chicago, South Side Weekly and Injustice Watch.

Steve Trent has over 30 years of experience in environmental and human rights campaigning. He is the CEO and founder of the Environmental Justice Foundation, cofounded WildAid, serving as …

Mohammed Khatib is a Palestinian attorney and activist for the Campaign to Defund Racism.

Maya El Jawhari is a State Fiscal Policy Research Intern at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Cortney Sanders is Senior Manager of State and Policy Analysis on the State Fiscal Policy team at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Marina Schauffler is a contributor to Environmental Health News.

Turquoise Baker is a Research and Program Associate in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, where she focuses on election security and voting rights.