Author Bios

Alka Kurian is a senior lecturer at the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, Bothell.

Keisha N. Blain is an historian of the 20th century United States with broad interdisciplinary interests and specializations in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women's and …

Debbie Prokopf is a union organizer in the Twin Cities and a member of OPEIU Local 12.

Raquel Aldana is associate vice chancellor for academic diversity and a professor of law at the University of California, Davis.

Eileen Flanagan is an award-winning author, speaker, and activist. She has confronted corporate CEOs, prayed in their lobbies, and been arrested alongside Indigenous water protectors, Black preachers, and fellow …

Sharon Strover is director of the Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute and a professor of communication at the University of Texas at Austin. 

Renee Lewis is a freelance reporter based in Washington State, previously with Al Jazeera English in Doha, Qatar, and Al Jazeera America in New York City. She lived and …

Miriam Boeri is an associate professor of sociology at Bentley University.

Erica West is a contributor to Socialist Worker.

Peniel Ibe is policy fellow at the American Friends Service Committee. Her focus is on international development, humanitarian crisis management and public policy. She is an immigrant from Nigeria …