Author Bios

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.

Chris Steele is an independent journalist, writer/storyteller, researcher, hip-hop artist, educator and host of the “Time Talks” podcast. He co-authored a chapter in Noam Chomsky’s book Occupy: Reflections on …

John Heid is a member of the Rose of the Desert community in Tucson, Arizona.

Susanne Dumbleton, a Public Voices Fellow with the OpEd Project, is professor and former dean at DePaul University. She is writing a book on the roles of Aung San …

Kim McCarten is a creative director/writer living in Chicago, who's worked on issues related to media literacy.