Author Bios

Shirin Marie-Rose Hess is a communications specialist and freelancer based in Oaxaca de Juarez. Her work is focused on social movements, womens' rights and human rights defenders. Follow her …

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the author, most recently, of Touching the Art, a finalist for a Pacific Northwest Book Award and a Washington State Book Award. Her new novel, …

Neal H. Hutchens is a professor of higher education at the University of Mississippi. Richard Fossey is the Paul Burdin endowed professor of education at the University of Louisiana …

Richard Fossey is the Paul Burdin endowed professor of education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Aleszu Bajak is a journalist who covers science, technology and public health. He's no stranger to the lab bench, having worked in gene therapy and marine biology. The founder of LatinAmericanScience.org, …

Rebecca Vallas is the managing director for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress.

Mark Ambay is a researcher from the International Indigenous People's Movement for Self Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) and has 18 years of experience in human rights advocacy. He is …