Author Bios

Jonathan Lipson is a professor of law at Temple University, and a registered Democrat. 

Karyn Smoot is an abolitionist from San Francisco. She is involved in the fights against jail expansion and policing in the Bay Area.

Thor Benson is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow him on X: @thor_benson.

Jean Tepperman is a longtime journalist who currently freelances for the East Bay Express. She is an activist in the movement for climate and environmental justice.

Joy LaClaire is the host and producer of “Forthright Radio.”

Kerry Cardoza is a freelance journalist based in Chicago. Her work focuses on race, art and gender issues. Follow her on Twitter: @booksnotboys.

Siki Dlanga is South African and an author of a poetry anthology Word of Worth. She is also a columnist and a creative activist based in Cape Town. She …

David Daniel works at a 500-acre wildlife management area. He spent years fighting the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, trying to prevent it from crossing his homestead …

Meredith Kolodner is a staff writer at The Hechinger Report. She previously covered schools for the New York Daily News, and was an editor at InsideSchools.org and for The …

Louise Rouse is an investment campaign consultant to Greenpeace UK. Naomi Ages is attorney and campaigner with Greenpeace USA.