Author Bios

Barbara Cruz is a PhD candidate in social anthropology at the National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she also completed her M.A. (2018). Cruz was …

Vikrant Garg is a medical student based in the Chicago area with a background in community organizing and public health. He works for the Chicago People's Rights Collaborative and …

Maya McCoy is a medical student based in the Chicago area with a background in community organizing and public health. She works for the Chicago People's Rights Collaborative and …

Carl Sheperis is Professor of Mental Health Counseling at Texas A&M-San Antonio.

Donna Sheperis is Professor of Counseling at Palo Alto Universit.

Tamar Sarai Davis is the criminal justice staff reporter at Prism. Follow her on Twitter @bytamarsarai.

David E. Kirkland (he/him/his) is a professor of urban education at New York University, where he also serves as executive director of NYU Metro Center. Kirkland can be reached …

Nse Ufot is the executive director of the New Georgia Project and a member of the Black Southern Women’s Collective, a cohort of Black women executive directors who have …

Anna Romina Guevarra is the founding director and professor of Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago and a former Public Voices fellow of the OpEd Project. …

René Kladzyk is a contributor at El Paso Matters.