Author Bios

Gracelynne is a freelance writer, who was a former educator turned journalist. She is Black and Filipino American and is based in Oakland, CA. She's interested in stories focused …

Johnathan Hettinger is a contributor at The New Lede.

Sunita Viswanath is executive director of Hindus for Human Rights, an organization dedicated to advocating for human rights and justice in South Asia and North America, particularly for the …

Rasheed Ahmed is the executive director of the D.C.-based Indian American Muslim Council, the U.S.’s oldest and largest organization representing the Indian Muslim diaspora.

Kimberly Roberson is project director of Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network, affiliated with the National Institute for Science, Law, and Public Policy.

Carolyn L. Karcher is professor emerita of English, American studies and women’s studies at Temple University, where she taught for 21 years and received the Great Teacher Award and …

Mat Schumer is a writer for OpenSecrets.

Janet Golden is a professor emerita at Rutgers University and author of Babies Made Us Modern: How Infants Brought America into the Twentieth Century.

Grace E. Howard is an associate professor of justice studies at San Jose State University and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.