Author Bios

Oryx Cohen is a member of the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, a coalition of over 30 consumer-run organizations in the country, and the Campaign for Real Change …

Harriet Paintin is a freelance writer and musician.

Hannah Kirmes-Daly is a freelance reportage illustrator.

Evelyn Estrada is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Lauren Gurley is a Fall 2015 editorial intern at In These Times. She has previously contributed to the American Prospect, Quartz and the South Side Weekly. She graduated from …

Abba A. Solomon is the author of The Speech, and Its Context: Jacob Blaustein's Speech ‘The Meaning of Palestine Partition to American Jews.’

Brian Palmer covers daily environmental news for Earthwire. His science writing has appeared in Slate, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and many other publications.

Spencer Gowin is a high school student in San Francisco. He grew up in Bayview District.