Author Bios

Maria Luisa Mendonça is a professor at the International Relations Department of University of Rio de Janeiro and director of Brazil's Network for Social Justice and Human Rights.

Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University, South Bend, and the author of Anti-Imperialist Modernism. His writings have also appeared in Jacobin, In These Times, …

KJ is a photojournalist and writer who aims to complement the power of images with the context of words. This summer she will assist at the international photojournalism workshop, Foundry Photojournalism, …

Trina Moyles is a freelance writer, journalist, human rights activist, and community organizer who has worked in Latin America, North America, and East Africa. She recently finished her first book, Women …

Elizabeth Walsh is a contributor to IC Magazine.

Dien Luong is a Vietnamese journalist with a master's degree from Columbia Journalism School in New York and a recipient of the Fulbright scholarship. His work has appeared in …

Emma Baccellieri joined the Center for Responsive Politics as a reporting intern in May 2016, shortly after graduating from Duke University with a degree in history. As an intern …

Matt Higgins is a contributor to Occupy.com.

Joseph Suste's experience raising two daughters on a mini-ranch in Southern Oregon inspired his 2014 novel, Sharp Obsidian. His activist attempts to stop abusive interrogation tactics inspired his most …