Author Bios

Sara Amundson is the president of the Humane Society Legislative Fund.

Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Laura Carlsen is also director of the Americas Program for the Center for International Policy in Mexico City.

Salim Chisti Matt Sean Gras is an American Sufi whose faith infuses his work. A writer, musician and a leader of Dances of Universal Peace, Salim seeks to support …

E. Tammy Kim is a contributor to The Hechinger Report.

David A. Love is a Philadelphia-based freelance journalist and commentator who writes on politics, race, justice and human rights issues. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidALove.

Elizabeth Oglesby is an associate professor of Latin American studies and geography at the University of Arizona.

David Carroll Cochran is professor of politics at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and the author of “Catholic Realism and the Abolition of War” (Orbis Books).

Jared Sacks is an activist from South Africa and the compiler of the anthology No Land! No House! No Vote! Voices from Symphony Way. He is currently working on his …

Rachel E. Bowen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University.

Morten Wendelbo is a research fellow at the American University School of Public Affairs.