Author Bios

Ana Carolina Garriga is an assistant professor in political studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE).

Gretchen Gordon is coordinator of the Coalition for Human Rights in Development.

Prabindra Shakya is human rights programme coordinator with Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact.

Bert Johnson is a contributor to East Bay Express.

Cedric Lawson is a field manager at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. This commentary is adapted from a section he wrote for the Black Youth Project …

Mikhail Zinshteyn contributes regularly to The Atlantic. His writing about education has also appeared in FiveThirtyEight, The National Journal, CityLab and other outlets. Born in the Soviet Union, Zinshteyn …

Caroline is a proud native North Carolinian and NC State alumna. She works as a field organizer in the Triangle area on getting to 100 percent clean, renewable energy.

Corynne McSherry is the Legal Director at EFF, specializing in intellectual property, open access, and free speech issues. Her favorite cases involve defending online fair use, political expression, and …

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad is chief of equity and inclusion at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and co-author of the report, "Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide.” Follow him …

Leila Nasr is a current MSc Human Rights candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is also the lead editor of the LSE Human …