Author Bios

Melanie Foley is the International Programs Director at Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch.

Blake Farmer covers health care in Nashville, Tennessee, reporting on the region's unique health challenges as well as the city's concentration of health care companies. He's been with Nashville …

Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy is Associate Teaching Professor of American Studies at Miami University.

Matthias Lalisse is a labor/community organizer and graduate student at Johns Hopkins University.

Catherine Murphy is founder and director of The Literacy Project. Her documentary Maestra explores the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign through the eyes of the youngest women teachers. Her oral …

Kamau Franklin is the founder of Community Movement Builder, a Black, member-based collective of community residents and organizers. Kamau has been a dedicated community organizer for over 30 years and …

Audrey Delsink is the wildlife director of Humane Society International (HSI) Africa. She oversees HSI’s wildlife campaigns in Africa, championing the protection of wildlife through humane population control alternatives …

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe independent scholar, writer and musician.

Helen Christophi is a freelance journalist covering women, migration and public health through a legal lens. She lives in Oakland, California. Follow her on Twitter: @helenchristophi.

Leonie Haimson is the founder and executive director of Class Size Matters, a nonprofit organization based in New York City that advocates nationally for smaller classes.