Author Bios

Timothy James Young is a poet, writer, editor, abolitionist and wrongfully convicted man, who has been incarcerated in California since 1999. His work has previously been featured in Scalawag …

Hanieh Jodat is a political strategist and a key strategist with Defuse Nuclear War, an initiative of RootsAction. She also serves as the Chair of Progressive Democrats of America …

Mariana Martínez Barba is a freelance journalist based in Mexico and the U.S. who produces multimedia stories on immigration, culture and politics. Her work has been featured in The …

Malak Hijazi is a writer based in Gaza.

Robin Urevich is a journalist and radio reporter whose work has appeared on NPR, Marketplace, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Las Vegas Sun.

Jennifer Smith Richards is a reporter for ProPublica pursuing stories about abuses by powerful government institutions and private businesses throughout the Midwest.

Luna Reyna is a writer and broadcaster whose work has centered the voices of the systematically excluded in service of liberation and advancing justice. Before coming to Underscore Native …

Natascha Elena Uhlmann is a staff writer at Labor Notes.

Turner Willman is working to grow an abolitionist Asian America amidst a rising tide of fascism. They are an organizer and digital strategist who brings over a decade of …

Elene Lam is an activist, artist, community organizer, educator, human rights defender and the coauthor of Not Your Rescue Project: Migrant Sex Workers Fighting for Justice. She has fought …