Author Bios

Sarah Hughes is a staff writer and organizer at Labor Notes.

Mekela Panditharatne serves as counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, where her work focuses on election reform, election security, governance, voting, truth and information.

Nayanika Guha is a freelance writer who focuses on writing about social justice, identity and community. She has a background in psychology and social work, which informs her writing …

Manal Tamimi is a Palestinian mother and human rights defender from the village of Nabi Saleh, currently occupied by Israel. Manal holds a master's degree in international law from …

Cinthya Rodriguez is a national organizer with Mijente’s #NoTechforICE campaign, which exposes tech companies that work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and …

Yvette Cabrera is a senior reporter at the Center for Public Integrity covering inequality in economic and social well-being. Most recently she worked as an environmental justice reporter for …

Dan Gilman is a veteran of the Vietnam War and a member of the Seattle chapter of Veterans For Peace.

Sam Whitehead is a correspondent that covers the South for Kaiser Health News from his base just outside Atlanta, Georgia. He previously worked as a health care reporter for …

Adrie is a writer and photographer, and reformed academic from Pittsburgh.

Gay Semel is a retired union-side labor lawyer. She was District Counsel to District 1 of the Communications Workers in New York for more than 30 years. She also …