Author Bios

Anne Cafer is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Mississippi.

Laura VanPuymbrouck, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the College of Health Sciences at Rush University in the Department of Occupational Therapy. She is a Public Voices fellow with The OpEd Project.

Rigodis Appling is a public defender and a member of the Black Attorneys of Legal Aid caucus at the Legal Aid Society.

Lyn Rye is a writer and organizer with the Little Village Solidarity Network in Chicago, a community group fighting to abolish migrant child detention.

Matthew M. Cappiello is an internist and pediatrician from California.

Grace Kiersznowski is active in politics in Athens, Georgia, and is a former Sanders campaign phone banker and activist. She is completing her bachelor’s degree in philosophy at the …

Chris Byron is an adjunct instructor of philosophy at Calhoun Community College and is finishing his doctorate in philosophy this semester at the University of Georgia. He has published …

Anthony Pahnke is vice president of the Family Farm Defenders, and an assistant professor of international relations at San Francisco State University in San Francisco. 

Liz Theoharis is a theologian, ordained minister and anti-poverty activist. Director of the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary and co-chair of the …

Natalia Aristizabal is director for immigrant justice at the Center for Popular Democracy.