Author Bios

Bob Vallier is the secretary of Democrats Abroad France, volunteering a lot of hours to get out the expatriate vote and organize political activities for Americans in Paris. When …

Kathi began writing for Midwest Energy News as a freelancer in April 2013 and became a journalism fellow in March 2014. As the author of 25 books and more …

Daniel Byrd is an independent researcher and social psychologist.

Roberta Attanasio is an associate professor of biology at Georgia State University.

Pablo Vivanco is a contributor to teleSUR. 

Milen Mehari is a Next Leader at the Institute for Policy Studies, where she researches the criminalization of race and poverty.

The writer of this story is an independent journalist based in Istanbul who asked to file this story anonymously due to the current climate for journalists in Turkey.

Jacquelyn Miller is an activist from Washtenaw County, Michigan.

Christopher Machold is a Young Voices Advocate and recent graduate of Cornell College.

Grace Gámez, Ph.D., is a program associate at American Friends Service Committee-Arizona.