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Kit O’Connell

Kit O’Connell is a genderqueer movement journalist, and digital editor at the Texas Observer, who has lived in Texas since 1998. Their citizen journalism during Occupy Wall Street led to …
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Nelson A. Denis

Nelson A. Denis served in the New York State Assembly, and is the author of War Against All Puerto Ricans (Nation Books, 2015).
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Conn M. Hallinan

Conn M. Hallinan is a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, ‘A Think Tank Without Walls,’ and an independent journalist. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University …
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Melissa Mendes

Melissa Mendes was born and raised in Western Massachusetts. In 2010, after graduating from the Center for Cartoon Studies, she won a Xeric award to self-publish her book Freddy Stories. …
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Allan Holmes

Allan Holmes is a Senior Reporter at The Center for Public Integrity. 
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Frederick Linden

Frederick Linden was a teacher at all levels (nine years at K-6) for 34 years. He designed and directed a bilingual education program and early childhood program at a rural teachers' …
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Susan Selke

Susan Selke is interim director and professor of the school of packaging at Michigan State University.
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Rafael Auras

Rafael Auras is associate professor of packaging at Michigan State University.