Author Bios

Priyam Madhukar is the special assistant to the co-directors of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, she served as …

Nathan Ryan is Communications Director at Grassroots Collaborative.

Amisha Patel is the Executive Director of the Grassroots Collaborative and Grassroots Illinois Action.

Jessica Taft is an interdisciplinary youth studies scholar whose work focuses on the political lives of children and youth across the Americas, with an emphasis on youth activists and …

Dharna Noor is senior climate crisis correspondent at The Real News Network. Follow her on Twitter: @dharnanoor.

Roy L. Austin Jr. is a partner at the law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis; a former deputy assistant to the president for the Office of Urban Affairs, Justice …

Shantel Meek is professor of practice and founding director of the Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University. She previously served in the Obama administration as senior policy adviser …

Lisa Silvestri, Ph.D., is an associate professor of communication studies at Gonzaga University and author of Friended at the Front: Social Media in the American War Zone.

Olivia Snow Smith is a recent graduate of Bard College and the communications intern for Take On Wall Street.

Katherine Long is a contributor at YES! Magazine.