Author Bios

Deborah Carr is an A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology and inaugural director of the Center of Innovation in Social Science at Boston University. She has written extensively on death …

Griffin Eckstein is a News Fellow at Salon. He is a student journalist at New York University, having previously written for the independent student paper Washington Square News, the …

Albert Serna is a contributor to OpenSecrets.

Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

James Ray is an organizer, writer, and political commentator with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science from Purdue University.

Shailly Gupta Barnes is the policy director of the Kairos Center for Rights, Religions and Social Justice and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. She has a background in …

Maritza Perez Medina is the director of federal affairs for Drug Policy Action.

Shondiin Silversmith is an award-winning Native journalist based on the Navajo Nation. Silversmith has covered Indigenous communities for more than 10 years, and covers Arizona's 22 federally recognized sovereign …

Maria Montanez is a fellow with Building Freedom Ohio, which is a part of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative.

Faith Crittenden, MD, MPH, is a Public Voices fellow with The OpEd Project and The National Black Child Developmental Institute. She is also a pediatric resident and incoming pediatric endocrinology fellow …