Author Bios

Justin Pearson is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice in Arlington, Virginia.

Eman Ghanayem is a postdoctoral fellow in Indigenous studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Her work examines narratives of displacement, settlement and belonging in Palestine and Indigenous North …

Laura Crossett is a freelance writer and former public librarian from flyover country. Find her online at lauracrossett.com.

Marianne Dhenin is an award-winning journalist and historian. Find their portfolio or contact them at mariannedhenin.com.

Angelina de los Santos is openDemocracy’s South America reporter. A feminist journalist based in Uruguay, with a broad background in human rights reporting, she has a bachelor’s degree in …

Ari Bloomekatz is executive editor at In These Times. He was previously the managing editor of Rethinking Schools and spent several years as a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. He organizes against the …

Eman Abdelhadi is an academic, activist and writer who thinks at the intersection of gender, sexuality, religion and politics. She is an assistant professor and sociologist at the University of …

Thor Benson is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

Laurie Udesky is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of reporting for print, online, audio and multimedia platforms.

Joanne Haner is a reporting intern at OpenSecrets.