Author Bios

Annie Waldman is a reporting and data intern at ProPublica. She recently graduated with honors from the dual masters program at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs and …

Kali Holloway is a senior writer and the associate editor of media and culture at AlterNet.

Octavio Morales is a Mexico-based writer.

Gustavo Madrigal-Piña is anundocumented student attending Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Nancy A. Heitzeg is professor of sociology and endowed chair in the sciences at St. Catherine University, and the author of The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Education, Discipline, and Racialized Double Standards. 

José-Antonio Orosco, PhD, is an associate professor of philosophy at Oregon State University.

Jeralynn Blueford from Oakland, California started the Justice4AlanBlueford Coalition on May 6,2012 after her 18 year-old son Alan Blueford was shot and killed by a police officer in East …

Tony Jenkins is the Director of the Peace Education Initiative at The University of Toledo.  He is also a board member of the Peace and Justice Studies Association.