Author Bios

Elena Larios is a contributor to Socialist Worker.

Sophie Moon is Truthout's Marketing Manager. She is an avid bird watcher based in Mindo, Ecuador. She spends her free time cycling and hate-watching Netflix.

Melissa Bailey is a Boston-based correspondent on the Kaiser Health News (KHN) enterprise team, focusing on aging and dying. Her stories have appeared in The Washington Post, TIME, USA Today, …

Anthony Gabb, Ph.D., teaches economics at St. John's University, New York.

Yatziri Tovar is a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient and media specialist with Make the Road New York, the largest grassroots community organization in New York offering services …

Laura Dowley is British human rights lawyer living and working in Mexico. She represents refugees and asylum seekers.

Nicole L. Novak is a postdoctoral research scholar at the University of Iowa.

Natalie Lira is an assistant professor of Latina/Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Shira Tarlo is a reporter and social media editor at Salon.

Benjamin Hale is a Ph.D. student at Edith Cowan University in the field of politics and international relations with a specific focus on Africa.