Author Bios

Rodrigo Acuña holds a PhD on Venezuelan foreign policy from Macquarie University. Together with journalist Nicolas Ford, last year he released his first documentary Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire. …

Mustafa Santiago Ali is a former official with the Environmental Protection Agency and vice president of the National Wildlife Federation.

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 …