Author Bios

Matene Toure is a New York-based writer and critic covering politics, film, art, and culture from a working class lens. She is currently completing a MA in Critical Journalism …

Yumna Patel is the Palestine News Director at Mondoweiss

Daja E. Henry is an editorial fellow at The 19th. Before joining The 19th, she covered education and COVID-19 data for The Daily Memphian. Her previous experience includes The Wall …

For over 40 years, Deborah Williams has been deeply involved in helping to pass, and especially defend, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, including in her roles as …

Adrienne Dixson is executive director of the Education and Civil Rights Initiative and professor of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on how race, …

Camika Royal is an associate professor of urban education at Loyola University Maryland. Her research and scholarship focus on racism and the historical and sociopolitical contexts of school reform. …

Rae Hodge is a news and politics reporter for Salon. Her data-driven, investigative coverage spans more than a decade, including prior roles with CNET, the AP, NPR, the BBC …

Jihan Ayo is a fixer, journalist and translator based in Qamişlo, North East Syria. She has a degree in translation from the University of Damascus and works as an instructor at the University of …

Anna Rebrii is a New York-based activist and researcher focusing on the Kurdish freedom movement and Indigenous movements in Mexico. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Jacobin, openDemocracy and Jadaliyya. She is a …

Lyric Aquino is an Indigenous affairs fellow at Grist.