Author Bios

Morgan Godvin serves on Oregon’s drug decriminalization Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council. A decade ago, she was arrested countless times and given two felonies for drug possession. Today, …

Brett Murphy is a reporter on ProPublica’s national desk. His work uncovering a new junk science in the justice system known as 911 call analysis won a George Polk …

Wesley Hottot is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice in Arlington, Virginia.

Shireen Akram-Boshar is a socialist writer, editor and Middle East/North Africa solidarity activist.

Duha Elmardi is a Sudanese activist based in Montreal, Quebec.

Annie Norman is the “Save the Post Office” campaigner at Take On Wall Street, a campaign of Americans For Financial Reform Education Fund. The Save the Post Office Coalition …

Megan Schuller is the legal director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law.

Cristina Bodea is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. Bodea joined the MSU faculty in 2006, after earning a PhD degree from the …

Dr. Marjan H. Ehsassi is a Berggruen Future of Democracy fellow (nonresident) and strategic director of the Democratic Action Fund. A former litigator and governance practitioner, she is an …

Farhana Sultana is a professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, and environment research director in the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration …