Author Bios

Salar Mohandesi is an editor of Viewpoint and a doctoral candidate in History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Baher Kamal is director of the Middle East and North Africa agencies at the Inter Press Service. Kamal is an Egyptian born, Spanish national with more than 40 years …

Novella Coleman is a staff attorney with the ACLU of Northern California.

Abre' Conner is a staff attorney at the ACLU of Northern California. She lives in Fresno, in California's Central Valley. Follow her on Twitter @MsAConner.

Sarah Gilman is a contributing editor for High Country News, and writes from Portland, Oregon.   

The International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee is the hub of communication between Leonard Peltier and his program coordinators, the general public, government officials, political and tribal leaders, the media …

Kristy A. Belton is a postdoctoral fellow at the Human Rights Center of the University of Dayton. She has been working and publishing on statelessness for over a decade and …

Christine Malossi is a freelance writer based in New York City. Her work focuses on public health and sustainable living. Find her at www.christinemalossi.com and follow her on Twitter: …

Patrick McCarthy is president and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private philanthropy that creates a brighter future for the nation's children.