Author Bios

Yara M. Asi is a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the University of Central Florida.

Denita Jones is a single mother and organizer with the Poor People’s Campaign in Dallas.

Brian Michael Doherty is a freelance writer and a retired AFGE Member.

Elisha Brown is a Julian Bond Fellow at Facing South. She previously worked as a news assistant at The New York Times, and her reporting has appeared in The …

Jovanni Reyes is a 14-year U.S. Army veteran and a member of the post-9/11 era veteran-led organization About Face: Veterans Against the War. He holds master's in international relations …

Ruqaiijah Yearby is a Professor of Law at Saint Louis University.

Sammie Lewis is a writer for Left Voice.

Kate Way is a longtime critical educator, documentary filmmaker and photographer.

Madeleine Johnsson is a communications intern at Americans for Financial Reform.

Cynthia Garcia is a queer, undocumented womxn born in Nayarit, Mexico. She migrated to the U.S. at the age of 15 fully undocumented. Cynthia arrived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, …