Author Bios

Binta Baxter is an AlterNet contributor with a background in economic, environmental and social justice. Follow her on Twitter @BintaBaxter.

Curtis Johnson is a retired research scientist, freelance writer and activist. He has reported and written on the Gulf oil spill, western wildfires, the extinction and climate crisis, and …

Alex Edney-Browne is a Ph.D. researcher in international relations at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Her thesis investigates people's lived experiences of drone warfare, both Afghan civilians and US Air …

Courtney Pankrat is a freelance writer and founder of the website: Roaming in Plain Sight. Her expertise is in sustainability, communications, travel and food writing. She has been published in …

Dr. Maha Hilal is a Muslim Arab American expert on institutionalized Islamophobia, the war on terror, and counternarrative work. She is the author of the book Innocent Until Proven …

Karen Savage is an investigative journalist who specializes in long-form narrative stories on juvenile justice and the environment. Her work has appeared in Climate Liability News, Project Earth, Juvenile …

Sarah Chaisson-Warner directs family economic security campaigns for People's Action.

Margie Burns writes from Cheverly, Maryland. Email her: [email protected].

Thomas Adam is a professor of Transnational History at the University of Texas Arlington.