Author Bios

Rida Laraki is Research Director at the CNRS (LAMSADE, University Paris Dauphine) and a lecturer at the Polytechnic. He is a graduate engineer of the Ecole Polytechnique and obtained his …

Kristian Haug is a Master of Social Sciences in Social Welfare Studies from Roskilde University.

E. Liane Hernandez is the Community Life Director of the YWCA Southern Arizona in Tucson and a public voices fellow with The OpEd Project.

Pablo Solón Romero served as Ambassador of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to the United Nations from February 2009 to July 2011. He is also part of the International grassroots climate justice alliance Climate …

Tom B.K. Goldtooth is a Native American environmental, climate and economic justice activist, speaker, film producer, and Indigenous rights leader within the climate and environmental justice and indigenous movement. He …

Sharon Kann is a reproductive rights researcher at Media Matters. She holds an MA in communication from Wake Forest University and a BA in English from the University of …

Ronald Lewis is a resident of Philadelphia. He recently participated in a Center for American Progress event, 'One Strike and You're Out: How to Remove Barriers to Economic Mobility …

Helen Stokes is represented by lawyers in Community Legal Services' Employment Unit.

Tyrone Peake is represented by lawyers in Community Legal Services' Employment Unit.

Colby Lenz is a legal advocate with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners. Colby has been working with people imprisoned in California women's prisons for the past 14 years. …