Author Bios

Steven Panageotou is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, working on his dissertation on sociological approaches to democratic theory. He has published articles about the Greek financial …

Amanda Frank is a Policy Analyst working with the Open Government and Regulatory Policy teams at the Center for Effective Government. She focuses on a variety of environmental policy …

Laith Shakir is a fellow of the Next Leaders program at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC.

Crystal Stella Becerril is a Chicago-based Xicana activist, writer and photographer who regularly contributes to Socialist Worker, Red Wedge and Warscapes.

Ryan Rodrick Beiler (www.ryanrodrickbeiler.com) is a freelance journalist based in Oslo, Norway, and a member of the Activestills photography collective (activestills.org). He lived in Jerusalem and the West Bank …

Caitlin Breedlove is the deputy executive director of organizational advancement at Women’s March. Breedlove was the co-director of Southerners On New Ground (SONG) for nine years, where she worked …

Sheila Suess Kennedy teaches law and public policy in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. Her scholarly publications include eight books …

Eliza Davis is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Rachel Ida Buff is a writer and working immigration historian in Wisconsin. Her most recent book is the bilingual, historical glossary A is for Asylum Seeker: Words for People …