Author Bios

Jamila Michener is an assistant professor at Cornell University. She studies poverty, public policy, political participation and race. She is currently finishing a book titled Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism …

Matika Wilbur is a visual storyteller from the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes and creator of Project 562. She has spent five years on the road aiming to photograph over …

Erin Glasco is a librarian and archivist based in Chicago, Illinois.

Debbie Southorn is an organizer with the American Friends Service Committee in Chicago, where she supports youth-led efforts to divest from policing and end surveillance. She is a founding …

Tuesday Brauer is a formerly incarcerated wife, mother and advocate. She collaborates with American Friends Service Committee's Reframing Justice project on sentencing reform initiatives. 

Adrienne Kitcheyan is a proud Apache woman from the San Carlos reservation. She collaborates with American Friends Service Committee's Reframing Justice project on sentencing reform initiatives.

Lenore Palladino is a senior economist and policy counsel at the Roosevelt Institute.

Saul Elbein is a contributor to Mongabay.

Maxwell Palmer is an assistant professor of political science at Boston University.

David Glick is an assistant professor of political science at Boston University.