Author Bios

Malaika Parker is the executive director of the Black Organizing Project, a community-driven organization that is working towards racial, social and economic justice through grassroots community organizing and policy change.

Joshua Potash is a writer, and an aspirational organizer who believes a new world can be built right here and now.

Sanober Umar is an assistant professor at York University. Dr. Umar is currently working on a book manuscript which explores the relationship (and critical distinctions) between caste and racial …

Ailia Zehra is a journalist based in New York City. She covers politics, social justice and extremism. She is the founding editor of Dissent Today, a digital media platform covering …

Elise J. Bean is the Director of the Washington Office of the Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy, Wayne State University

Charles R. Davis is Salon's deputy news editor.

Hiroshi Motomura instructs the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, and serves as faculty co-director of UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy. A nationally recognized immigration law expert, his forthcoming …

Talia Inlender instructs the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic at the UCLA School of Law, and serves as deputy director of UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law and Policy. Based in …

Hope Fujinaga is a law student in the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, part of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. During her …

Mary Cruz is a law student in the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, part of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the UCLA School of Law. Growing up …