Author Bios

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.

Veronica Vieira is an associate professor of public health at the University of California, Irvine.

Ellen Rand is a journalist, hospice volunteer and author of the book Last Comforts: Notes from the Forefront of Late Life Care. Amazon.com/author/ellenrand. Website: https://lastcomforts.com. Twitter: @EllenRandNJ.

Cynthia Dewi Oka works at Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and her book of poems, Nomad of Salt and Hard Water, was a 2015 Pushcart Prize nominee.

Almantas Samalavicius holds a Ph.D. in art history and theory and is a professor at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. He is the author of numerous books and essays on cultural …