Author Bios

Gillian Branstetter is a writer, advocate and spokesperson for the National Center for Transgender Equality. Branstetter is a former reporter who has covered the opioid use crisis, the growth …

William Minter is the editor of AfricaFocus Bulletin. His research focuses on southern Africa and international issues.

Eoin Higgins is a staff writer at Common Dreams. 

Steph Saxton is a Ph.D. student in political science and an undergraduate alumna of Johns Hopkins. She is a member of Students Against Private Police.

Corey Payne is a Ph.D. student in sociology and an undergraduate alumnus of Johns Hopkins. He is a member of Students Against Private Police.

Cassie Freund is a tropical forest ecologist and Ph.D. student at Wake Forest University. She currently studies the disturbance ecology of tropical montane forests, which means she spend a …

Nancy Modesitt is an associate professor of law at the University of Baltimore.

Tyrone Hanley is senior policy counsel at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Maureen Taylor is the State Chairperson for the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization.

Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard is a freelance journalist reporting on carceral institutions, politics and cultures. She is also a staff writer at Filter, a new online publication covering drug policy …