Author Bios

Aya Nashwan is a writer for We Are Not Numbers, a youth storytelling project in Gaza.

Michael Levien is an associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, where he is also affiliated with the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute. He is writing a book …

Rabbi Linda Holtzman, ordained in 1979, is a Reconstructionist rabbi in Philadelphia. She is the leader of the Tikkun Olam Chavurah, a community dedicated to social justice locally and …

Jacob Orledge is a reporter based in Bismarck through ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. He most recently worked for the Tioga Tribune in Williams County. North Dakota Monitor is part …

Eddie Velazquez is a journalist in upstate New York focused on covering organized labor, and the state’s housing and childhood lead poisoning crises. You can follow his work on …

Abdallah Aljazzar is a writer for We Are Not Numbers, a Palestinian youth storytelling project founded in 2015. He currently lives in Khan Younis, a bit north of Rafah …

Elizabeth Hlavinka writes for Salon.

Emilio Leanza is a journalist based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Russell Payne is a staff reporter for Salon.

Eyad Zeid is the owner of Nabala Cafe in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago.