Author Bios

Jeanne Lenzer is the author of The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It.

Chris Newman is legal director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, which advocates for immigrants and low-wage workers.

Brandon Roberts is a news applications developer at ProPublica.

Robert Hogan is a counsel in the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where he serves on the federal affairs team and specializes in developing and advancing democracy reforms, judiciary reforms, …

Michael Milov-Cordoba is counsel in the Brennan Center’s Judiciary Program, where he works to ensure that courts uphold democratic values and the rule of law.

Al-Tariq Best is founder and CEO of The HUBB Arts and Trauma Center and a lifelong Newark resident.

After beginning his career representing people accused of crimes who could not afford an attorney, Alec Karakatsanis founded the Civil Rights Corps, an organization that challenges systemic injustices in …

Moses Hernandez McGavin, a minister with the Freedom Church of the Poor, is a Catholic cultural worker, teacher, and organizer. He is on the ministry team of Church of …

Aaron Scott, a founding pastor of the Freedom Church of the Poor, is a trans justice organizer, a partner of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights & Social Justice, …

Yoav Haifawi is an anti-Zionist activist and maintains the blogs Free Haifa and Free Haifa Extra.