Author Bios

Emily Drabinski is an associate professor at the Queens College (CUNY) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies.

Renuka Rayasam is a senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News.

Karissa Stotts is an educator, youth worker, and abolitionist organizing with TCC4J towards community control of the police in Minneapolis. She works alongside families who have been impacted by …

Marjaan Sirdar is a South Minneapolis based freelance journalist. He is the host of the People Power Podcast and author of the investigative series, "21st Century Jim Crow in …

Sam Rosenthal is the political director at RootsAction and serves on the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Electoral Committee. He was formerly a staffer at Our Revolution and lives …

Audrey Carleton is a contributor at Capital & Main.

Desmond Zantua is a member of the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, a grassroots organization educating, organizing, and mobilizing to uphold and support human rights …

Gabriel Chavez is a member of the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines, a grassroots organization educating, organizing, and mobilizing to uphold and support human rights …

Roberto Camacho is a Chicano freelance multimedia journalist from San Diego, California. His reporting typically focuses on criminal justice reform, immigration, Chicano/Latino issues, hip-hop culture, and their intersections to …