Author Bios

Helen Lackner has worked in all parts of Yemen since the 1970s and lived there for close to 15 years.  She has written about the country's political economy as …

Danica Jorden is a writer and translator of French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and other languages.

Mumia Abu-Jamal  is an award-winning journalist and author of best-selling books on prison, Black liberation and social justice. In 1981, he was elected president of the Philadelphia chapter of …

Jamil Khader, Ph.D., is dean of research and professor of English at Bethlehem University.

Matthew Friedman is the Economics Fellow in the Brennan Center's Justice Program. He brings a quantitatively rigorous approach to the study of issues related to mass incarceration. He has …

As Migrant Clinicians Network’s Staff Writer and Editor, Claire Hutkins Seda researches and writes for MCN’s numerous communications. Since joining MCN in 2014, Ms. Seda has been providing MCN’s …

Steve Hendricks has written on health issues for Harper's and Outside. He is the author, most recently, of A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial. His website is …

Lily Zheng is an educator, writer, and activist currently pursuing a degree in Psychology at Stanford University. She writes about the intersections of sex, identity, gender, queerness and activism. Contact her …