Author Bios

Kristen Zaleski is Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of Southern California.

Fritz Zimmermann is a journalist at DIE ZEIT.

Carol Schaeffer is a freelance journalist.

Biba Adams is a Detroit-based writer with a passion for people and places. Her work has appeared in Ebony Magazine, VIBE, The Root and The Grio. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram. 

Sydney Ghazarian started the National Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Ecosocialist Working Group and is a member of its current Steering Committee. She is also a climate organizer and …

Stephanie LeMenager is a Moore professor of English and professor of environmental studies at the University of Oregon.

Bill Fried recently retired as a civilian staffer from Law Enforcement Action Partnership, where he wrote op-eds, produced videos and did research for the speakers, all of whom are …

Sharon Kinlaw is the Fair Housing Council of the San Fernando Valley’s executive director and a California Reinvestment Coalition board member.

Paulina Gonzalez-Brito is the California Reinvestment Coalition’s executive director.