Author Bios

Citlali Perez is a journalism student at DePaul University and a resident on the South Side of Chicago.

James Baratta is an independent freelance journalist from Long Island, New York. His work has appeared in Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), Common Dreams and elsewhere. Connect with him on Twitter @jamesjbaratta.

Jia Hong is a member of Nodutdol for Korean Community Development.

Huanjia Zhang is a digital intern for Baltimore and a graduate journalism student at NYU’s Science, Health & Environmental Reporting program. He is a new Baltimorean, a dumpling enthusiast, …

Priyanka Bhatt is a senior staff attorney at Project South where she focuses on immigration detention, local police collusion with ICE and anti-immigrant state policies.

Aija Nemer-Aanerud is the lead Health Care for All organizer at People’s Action.

Angela Mooney D'Arcy (Acjachemen) is the executive director and founder of Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, a grassroots, California Indigenous-led environmental justice organization dedicated to building the capacity …

Wendy Dowe is a survivor of Irwin County Detention Center and a human rights advocate.

Dany Sigwalt is executive director of Power Shift Network, a 2021 Atlantic Fellow for Racial Equity and a native of Washington, D.C. Dany cut her organizing teeth providing solidarity …

Henry Messenger is a writer incarcerated at Great Meadow Correctional Facility in New York, serving a five-year sentence for larceny. He has dedicated himself to self-education, and has written …