Author Bios

Robert Downen is a reporter covering democracy and the threats to it, including extremism, disinformation and conspiracies. Before joining the Tribune in 2022, he worked for five years at the …

Reema Saleh is an intern at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut.

brian bean is a socialist agitator and organizer based in Chicago, founding editor of Rampant Magazine, member of the Tempest collective, and co-editor and contributor to the book Palestine: …

Eric “Rico” Gutstein has been part of the education justice movement in Chicago for the past 25 years, a co-founder of Teachers for Social Justice (Chicago), 1998, and was …

Jonathan Ofir is an Israeli-born Jewish musician, conductor and writer based in Denmark.

Marilyn Thompson is a reporter at ProPublica.

Leila Warah is a freelance multimedia journalist and correspondent for Mondoweiss based in the West Bank. Follow her on X: @leilashww.

Dana Elborno, MD, is a Palestinian American physician who works as an OB/GYN and has been protesting the occupation of the Palestinian people since she was 16 years old. …

Topher L. McDougal is a development economist and professor at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego, California, where he directs graduate programs in …