Author Bios

Nur Lalji wrote this article for YES! Magazine, a national, nonprofit media project that fuses powerful ideas with practical actions. Nur is an online reporting intern at YES! Follow …

Lorraine Barlett is a retired U.S. Army JAG officer whose last assignment was with the Office of Military Commissions. She advocates on behalf of Guantanamo detainees, on human rights …

Vicente Navarro, a political scientist and economist, is Professor of Public Policy at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain and also of Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, …

James Fennell was Head of Emergencies for the non-profit humanitarian relief agency CARE International during the 1990s and then Vice President for the private security company ArmorGroup in Central …

Hunter Marshall is a hospice nurse, advocate for the right to aid in dying, and environmental activist from the Pacific Northwest.

Rod Blackhursts is a film director, writer and producer. You can find him at www.rodblackhurst.com, rodblackhurst.tumblr.com and twitter.com/rodblackhurst

Addi Svarogic is a sociologist and a freelance journalist in Sweden. 

Maunica Sthanki is an immigration attorney, advocate and academic. She has worked closely with immigrant detainees and their families and has witnessed the injustices of U.S. immigration enforcement policies. 

Raven Rakia, reporter for The Appeal, is a journalist focused on the criminal legal system and the environment. She has written for The Nation, The Intercept, Grist and Vice.