Author Bios

Harris Meyer is a freelance journalist, covering health care, business, law and culture. Follow him on Twitter: @Meyer_HM.

Alex Ellerbeck is the 2019 American University Fellow reporting on immigration for The Center for Public Integrity. Her background is in human rights and free expression advocacy. Previously, she …

Ellis Simani is a data reporter. Previously, he was a Scripps Howard data reporting fellow at ProPublica. Before joining ProPublica, he was a Metpro fellow on the Los Angeles …

Tyler Hicks is a writer based in Dallas, Texas. His work has appeared in Texas Monthly, The Texas Observer, The Houston Chronicle, and many other publications.

Ahmed Mohamed is a civil rights attorney and legal director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations, New York. Follow him on Twitter: @TheAhmedMohamed.

Carter Deane is a contributor to Solitary Watch. 

Gigi Kellett is managing director for Corporate Accountability, an organization that for more than 40 years has stopped transnational corporations from devastating democracy, trampling human rights and destroying our …

Nick Vachon is an In These Times editorial intern.

Teiahsha Bankhead, executive director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, is a social justice activist, a restorative justice advocate, a psychotherapist and professor of social work with a master …

Fania E. Davis is a leading national voice on race and restorative justice. Founding director emerita of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, she is a longtime social justice activist, …