Author Bios

Alex Liebman is a plant-soil and political ecology researcher with Lurralde, a Chilean group supporting the Atacameña and Ayamara peoples in their struggle for territorial sovereignty and water rights in the …

Laurie C. Heffron is an assistant professor of Social Work at St. Edward's University. 

Elliot D. Cohen is an ethicist and political analyst. He is the author of Technology of Oppression: Preserving Freedom and Dignity in an Age of Mass, Warrantless Surveillance and …

Molly Smith is a sex worker and activist with the Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement. She is also involved with SCOT-PEP, a sex worker–led charity based in Edinburgh …

Juno Mac is a sex worker and activist with the Sex Worker Advocacy and Resistance Movement, a sex worker–led collective with branches in London, Leeds and Glasgow.

Andrea Cantora is an associate professor of criminal justice at the University of Baltimore.

Heidi de Marco, a reporter and producer for California Healthline, was previously a freelance video journalist and photographer specializing in work abroad, including a series of shortform videos about …

Heidi Pearson is Associate Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska Southeast.

Maya Miller is an engagement reporting fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network. She works with journalists across the country on community-centered investigations.

Mike Pappas is a resident physician practicing family medicine in New York City. He can be contacted at [email protected]