Author Bios

Joshua Leach is the public policy and communications strategist at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

Tom Bauer is a writer based in Montreal, Canada. He has worked as a television researcher for oligarchs.

Pamela Stewart Fahs is a professor of rural nursing at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Bennett Doughty is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Joni is a fellow with openDemocracy's 50.50 section. She's based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Follow her on Twitter at @Joni_bologne.

Jeremy Borden is an independent researcher and journalist who writes at Untold Story.

Justin Glawe is an independent journalist and researcher, formerly of the Midwest and Texas, now in the Low Country.

Lou is a freelance journalist focused on gender, sexuality and human rights reporting, and is a contributor to openDemocracy.

Liz Pelly is a music and cul­ture writer based in Brook­lyn, NY.

April Stace is the author of White Knuckle Love: A Memoir of Holding and visiting professor of practical theology at The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church.