Author Bios

Jonathan Wall is currently being housed in a supermax prison in Baltimore for selling weed.

Jessica Zagory, M.D., is a pediatric surgeon at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Children’s Hospital New Orleans.

Mary Lovell is a climate justice focused community organizer. She lives in rural Washington and works as insurance campaign coordinator for Rainforest Action Network.

Ramya Vijaya is Professor of Economics at Stockton University.

Jenn Hayes is a graduate student at the University of Florida who writes about environment, justice, and community. She is particularly interested in how rural environments shape and are …

Philippa Rizopoulos is a fellow at Partners for Dignity & Rights, where she works on their New Social Contract project.

Rae Ellen Bichell is a Colorado correspondent for KHN, based in Longmont, Colorado. Previously, she was a radio reporter covering the region for the Mountain West News Bureau and …

Hatem Abudayyeh is the executive director of the Chicagoland-based Arab American Action Network (AAAN) and the volunteer national chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN)

Don Leonard is Assistant Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the Ohio State University.