Author Bios

Sara Goldrick-Rab is a professor of educational policy studies and sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Sarah Browning is executive director of Split This Rock and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. 

Ana Conner is a youth organizer and activist deeply committed to community empowerment and resilience. Coming to New York City from Polk County, Florida, she has organized with FIERCE …

Tara Tabassi lives and works in New York City as the national organizer of the War Resisters League. Tara campaigns against police militarization and weapon industries, and comes from …

Abigail Savitch-Lew is a reporter based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in City Limits, Dissent Magazine, Jacobin and The Nation.

Brian C. Black is a professor of History and Environmental Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes on Black politics, social movements and racial inequality in the United States. Her articles have been published in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture …

Prem Sikka is professor of accounting at the Essex Business School at University of Essex.

Anna Ochoa O'Leary is associate professor and Head of the Department of Mexican American Studies, at the University of Arizona and a public voices fellow with The OpEd Project. …

Kristian Williams is the author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America and Gang Politics: Revolution, Repression, and Crime. He is currently at work on a …