Author Bios

Noliwe Rooks is the director of American studies at Cornell University and was for ten years the associate director of African American studies at Princeton University. She is the …

Ashwini Tambe is editorial director of feminist studies and associate professor and department of women's studies at the University of Maryland. 

Elisa Murray is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor.

Miranda S. Spivack is a reporter for Reveal News. 

Erin L. Thompson, co-curator of Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo with Charlie Shields and Paige Laino, is an assistant professor of art crime at John Jay College. Her book, Possession: The Curious …

Kali Akuno is a cofounder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, and co-editor of Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi, with Ajamu Nangwaya. Akuno …

Tiffaney Meredith is a member of the OUR Walmart community of Walmart associates.

Joanna Zdanys serves as counsel for the Brennan Center's Democracy Program, where her work focuses on campaign finance reform and voting rights. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Zdanys …

Jesse Mechanic is a freelance writer and commentator. He runs the Logical Radical newsletter, and has contributed to Mother Jones, In These Times, HuffPost, Truthout, and others. Follow him on Instagram: @jmechanic.