Author Bios

Bishop Dwayne D. Royster is the political director of PICO (People Improving Communities through Organizing) National Network. In addition to his work with PICO National Network, the bishop has served in …

Julia Jones is an Australian socialist and a contributor to Red Flag.

Michael Pappas is a resident physician practicing family medicine in New York City. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Ciara Taylor is a founding member of the Dream Defenders and currently serves as the organization's Director of Political Consciousness.

Jonathan Hettleman is a contributor to the Brennan Center for Justice. 

Alexa Mencia is a journalist based in Chicago. She's completing her master's degree at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, specializing in social justice and investigative reporting. Follow her …

Brooke Anderson is an Oakland, California-based organizer and photojournalist. She has spent 20 years building movements for social, economic, racial and ecological justice. She is a proud union member …

Erika Almenara is an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include 20th and 21st century Latin American cultural production, especially in the cases of subaltern/marginal …

Ivonne del Valle teaches colonial studies at UC Berkeley. Her research and teaching make connections between the past and the present which try to show the relevance of the …

Susana Draper is associate professor at the Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton University. She is author of Afterlives of Confinement: Spatial Transitions in Post-dictatorship Latin America (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012).