Author Bios

Rebecca Boyles is a Senior Stakeholder Engagement Manager at Future 500, a global nonprofit specializing in stakeholder engagement and building bridges between parties at odds - often corporations and …

Marisa Franco is the director and co-founder of Mijente, a digital and grassroots organizing hub for Latinx and Chicanx people. Launched in 2015, Mijente seeks to strengthen and increase …

Paul Brown is a retired professor of neuroscience. His current concerns are primarily climate change, the sixth mass extinction, overpopulation, human rights, and the ongoing subversion of democracy by …

Mark is a Legislative Analyst for EFF. His issues include user privacy, civil liberties, surveillance law, and ‘cybersecurity.’ When not reading legal or legislative documents, Mark can be found …

Ayọ Walker is a visual editor and illustrator at Truthout.

Kevin Banals is a Caucasian and Guatemalan High School Student.

Annie Hylton is a former lawyer focusing on situations of conflict.  She is currently a fellow at the Global Migration Project at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism. She covers …

Jean Franco was the first Professor of Latin American Literature in England. She is now Professor Emeritus English/Comparative Literature at Columbia University, New York. Her work continues to portray …