Author Bios

Ned Blackhawk wrote this article for Make it Right, the Summer 2015 issue of YES! Magazine. Ned is a professor of History and American Studies at Yale University. He is the …

Jessa Bartley-Matthews is Communications Officer at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA).

Sophie Morlin-Yron is a freelance journalist based in London. For more of her work, see her website. Follow her on Twitter @sophiemyron.

Adam Welz is a writer/filmmaker, longtime naturalist, addicted birder and inveterate debater. He's the South African representative of WildAid, a nonprofit that focuses on ending the demand for illegal …

Natalie Martin is a lecturer in Politics and International Relations. She teaches first and second year courses and third year dissertation students. Before she returned to academia to study …

Robert A. Williams Jr. is the E. Thomas Sullivan professor of law and faculty co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program at the University of Arizona in …

Dennis Weiser has published more than a dozen works of poetry, fiction and nonfiction since 2005. He is a former weekly columnist for The Kansas City Business and book reviewer …

Roberta Brandes Gratz is an acclaimed urbanist who has published three previous books on the subject, including most recently, The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of …

Elle Kurancid is an independent writer from Canada, currently based in Egypt. She's covered political speech and rhetoric for Truthout, Earth Island Journal, Reader Supported News and VICE News. …