Author Bios

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 …

Tania Matsuoka is an intern with the Center for Effective Government and the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards.

Nicole D. Porter manages The Sentencing Project’s state and local advocacy efforts on sentencing reform, voting rights and eliminating racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Her advocacy has …

Derek Royden is a contributor to Occupy.com.

Olivia Exstrum is a reporting intern with The Chicago Reporter.

David Held is Master of University College, Durham and Professor of Politics and International Relations at Durham University. Among his most recent publications are Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is …

Erin Haney is a criminal defense attorney in San Francisco, California. The views expressed here are hers alone and not those of her employer.

Ben Stewart is head of media relations at Greenpeace. He was one of the six protesters cleared of criminal damage to Kingsnorth power station in a groundbreaking trial whose …