Author Bios

Gayatri Reddy is an associate professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago and former Public Voices fellow of the OpEd Project. She …

Kenneth Allen is a graduate student in the ​​Master of Arts in the Teaching of History program at University of Illinois Chicago. His research focuses on contemporary U.S. history, …

Ilham Rawoot is a climate justice activist and writer based in Cape Town. She campaigns against corporate impunity in the extractive industry and has written for several international outlets, …

Mohammed El-Kurd is a writer and poet from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine. He is the Culture Editor at Mondoweiss.

Zachary Tashman is a senior research and policy associate at Americans for Tax Fairness.

William Rice is a senior writer at Americans for Tax Fairness.

Rebecca Kling (she/her) is an educator, organizer, storyteller and advocate for social change. Kling served as the community storytelling advocate and director of education programming at the National Center …

Vanessa Ford (she/her) is an award-winning educator and author. Her children's book, Calvin, won the 2022 Lambda Literary Award for Best Children’s Book. Ford was a classroom teacher for …

Sophia Lumsdaine is a first-year college student majoring in History and Political Science with double minors in Journalism and Spanish at George Fox University. After college she intends to …

Jo Kelcey is an assistant professor of education at the Lebanese America University who has written extensively on UNRWA’s education program.