Author Bios

Randi Spivak is the public lands director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Yamuna Matheswaran is a freelance writer, artist and International Studies graduate currently based in New Delhi.

Laura E. Alexander is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights, at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Monique Dols is a public school teacher and a member of the Movement of Rank and File Educators (MORE) caucus in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) in New …

Mercedes Martínez is the president of the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico (FMPR), which is one of the leading teacher unions in Puerto Rico.

Kayla Blado is the president of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union.

Leah Penniman is a farmer and educator based in the Albany, N.Y., area.

Reva Dhingra is a Ph.D. candidate in government at Harvard University, where she researches migration and the political economy of international aid. She previously worked on the Syrian humanitarian …

Naomi Roht-Arriaza is an expert on transitional or post-conflict justice. She focuses on Latin American politics and law, national trials for international crimes, truth commissions, reparations, institutional reform, and …

Michael J. Viola is associate professor of justice, community and leadership and affiliated faculty of ethnic studies at Saint Mary’s College of California. His research focuses on critical educational …