Author Bios

Amisha Patel has 30 years of experience organizing for economic, racial, and gender justice. She served as executive director of Grassroots Collaborative in Illinois, a community and labor coalition …

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.

Vijay Das is a writer and advocate. He often writes on economic and social justice issues. Vijay is a Senior Policy Fellow at Data for Progress. Follow him @vijdas

Hannah Cross is a senior lecturer in International Relations at the University of Westminster and is chair of the Review of African Political Economy's editorial working group. She has a …