Author Bios

Dr. Joao Luiz Bastos holds a Masters and a Ph.D. in epidemiology. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, …

Catherine E. Harnois is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Wake Forest University. Her research is rooted in multiracial feminist theories of intersectionality, and has appeared in …

Dan DeFraia is freelance journalist and American Studies Ph.D. candidate at Boston University, where he's writing a book on the relationship between the US news media and intelligence agencies …

David George is associate director of the Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Campaign. Follow him on Twitter: @davidgeorge265.

Billy Corriher is a senior researcher with Facing South who specializes in judicial selection, voting rights and the courts in North Carolina.

Professor Simien is a joint-hire with the Department of Political Science and Institute for Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut. Her first book, Black Feminist Voices in Politics …

Alex Mierjeski is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in VICE, VICE News, Munchies and Harper's.

Georgia Kromrei is a contributor at The Indypendent.

Erin Sheridan is a journalist and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York.

Melanie is a PhD candidate at Colorado State University.