Author Bios

Nandika Chatterjee is a News Fellow at Salon. In 2022, she moved to New York after graduating from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she pursued a B.A. in communication …

Alex Thurston is a contributor to Responsible Statecraft.

Richard Gilman-Opalsky is professor of political theory and philosophy in the School of Politics and International Affairs at the University of Illinois. He is author of seven books, including …

Ritwika Mitra is an independent journalist based in India.

Helen H. Abraha is a contributor to OtherWords.

Seraj Assi is a Palestinian writer living in Washington, D.C. and the author, most recently, of My Life as an Alien (Tartarus Press).

Leslie W. Suen is a primary care and addiction medicine doctor and an assistant professor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She is also a Public Voices …

Laila Ayub is an Afghan American lawyer and co-founder and director of Project ANAR, a grassroots, young women-led, Afghan community-based immigration organization in the U.S. Project ANAR has spearheaded …

Sian Norris is a senior investigative reporter at openDemocracy. Her work has also been published in The Observer, The Guardian, The Times, the i, New Statesman, The Lead, The …

Mario is an investigative reporter and a Dominican immigrant. His byline has appeared in the South Florida Sun Sentinel, The New Republic and NPR. [email protected]