Author Bios

Caroline Preston is a senior editor at The Hechinger Report. She previously worked as a features editor with Al Jazeera America's digital team and a senior reporter with The …

Carey Gillam is a journalist and author of Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science. She's also a researcher for U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit …

Rick Stafford is a professor of marine biology and conservation at Bournemouth University. His current work combines ecology, statistics and models, economics, politics and policy, and an understanding of …

Ben Fountain’s Beautiful Country Burn Again: Democracy, Rebellion, and Revolution has just been published by Ecco/HarperCollins. He is the author of a novel, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, which received the National …

Hilary Boudet is associate professor of sociology at the School of Public Policy at Oregon State University.

Shawn Olson-Hazboun is an environmental sociologist at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She teaches courses in environmental justice, energy, and society and research methods. Her research examines …

Anna Kusmer is a freelance writer and public radio journalist specializing in science, environment and health. 

Mary O'Connell is a producer at CBC Radio.

The members of the Anti-ICE Nine are Megan Ybarra, Helena Benedict, Ross Kirshenbaum, Kelsen Caldwell, Max Friedfeld, Vik DeMarco, Sareni Ruiz, Eva Rose Dougherty and Noel Sherrard.

Roderick A. Ferguson is a professor of African American and gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.