Author Bios

Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH, is a double-board certified neurologist and preventive medicine specialist, and is the president and CEO of the Center for Contemporary Sciences, which is catalyzing the …

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 the Reproductive Rights Today newsletter author at States Newsroom. She is based in Durham, North Carolina, where she previously worked as a reporter covering reproductive rights, …

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.