Author Bios

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.