Author Bios

Manuela Lavinas Picq is a Loewenstein fellow and visiting associate professor in political science at Amherst College. She is a professor of international relations at Universidad San Francisco de …

Sara Muniz is an organizer with the grassroots Animal Rights Network, Direct Action Everywhere (DxE). She is also an investigator with DxE's Open Rescue Network, which exposes violence towards …

Tara McKay is an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University. 

Mahwish Qayyum is journalist based in Peshawar, Pakistan. Her work appeared in The Express Tribune, Women's eNews, Women Media Center, CityMetric and other publications. Follow her @MahwishQayyum. 

Adriana Calvarezi is a writer and activist based in California.

Arn Pearson is CMD's General Counsel and Policy Advisor. He previously served as the Vice President for Policy and Litigation at Common Cause. Arn has worked for more than 20 years …

Peter Gosselin joined ProPublica as a contributing reporter to cover aging, having previously covered the US and global economies for, among others, the Los Angeles Times. During the first …

Russell Rickford is associate professor of history at Cornell University and the author of We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination. 

Danelle Morrow, from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is an organization leader in Put People First PA. Put People First PA is a statewide organization in Pennsylvania aiming to change what is politically possible in the state …

Stephanie Woodard has covered Indian Country for more than 15 years for Native-owned Indian Country Today Media Network, as well as for In These Times and other national publications. The Fund for …