Author Bios

Lydia Pelot-Hobbs is an assistant professor of geography and African American & Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. She is the author of Prison Capital: Mass Incarceration and …

Asha Noor is a racial justice and human rights advocate. She is a peace-building and conflict resolution specialist, trainer and public speaker. She currently serves as the coordinating director …

Jeffrey Haas is a lawyer with the People’s Law Office.

Elizabeth Miller is an award-winning journalist who writes about wildlife, public lands and energy development. Her work has been supported by Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors, the National Press …

Asha Ralph is an assistant professor of criminal justice at Columbus State University.

Chrisana M. Panzica is an organizer for the Raytheon Anti-War Campaign in Boston, working to expose and oppose Raytheon’s role in prolonging and profiting off the war in Yemen.

April Dembosky is the health correspondent for KQED News and a regular contributor to NPR.

Laura Jedeed is a freelance journalist based in New York City who concentrates primarily on housing inequality and the far right. Her work has appeared in The New Republic, …

Jennifer Vollstedt, MSN, RN, is a labor and delivery nurse educator who supports patients and families through losing wanted pregnancies, and a parent who made the decision to end …

Maxine McKinney de Royston is an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.