Author Bios

Stephanie Knezz, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of instruction in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University and a Public Voices Fellows of The OpEd Project.

Claudio Rivera, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, and a Public Voices Fellows of The OpEd Project.

Atef Said is an associate professor of sociology at the university of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities and Counterrevolution in Egypt (Duke University …

Alexandra Boutri is a freelance journalist and writer. She grew up in France and studied political science at the Sorbonne. She is currently collaborating with C.J. Polychroniou on a …

Tyler Walicek is a freelance writer and journalist in Portland, Oregon.

Anoa Changa is a movement journalist that is deeply influenced by grassroots-led electoral organizing efforts. Anoa hosts the Scalawag Magazine video series “As the South Votes" and "The Way …

Kassandra Frederique is the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a national nonprofit that works to end the war on drugs.

Chris Schiano is a writer for Unicorn Riot.

Zachary Fryer-Biggs has covered national security and intelligence since 2011 and joined the Center for Public Integrity in 2018 as a national security reporter.

Terra Graziani is a researcher and organizer based in Los Angeles, California. She founded the LA chapter of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project and is a researcher with the University …