Oliver Murphy
is a UK-based freelance journalist specializing in political and cultural issues.
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Inés M. Pousadela
is a Senior Research Specialist at CIVICUS and co-author of the State of Civil Society Report 2020. She has written several books and articles on political representation, social mobilization, participation
Kolby KickingWoman
, Blackfeet/A’aniih, is a reporter/producer for Indian Country Today. He is from the great state of Montana and currently reports and lives in Washington, D.C.
Miriam Awan
is a rising high school junior. She is passionate about the environment, equal justice, and animal rights. She loves to read, play cello, draw and cook with her mom and
Michael Schwartz
is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Stony Brook University.
Tarun Banerjee
is an assistant professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Morgan Marietta
is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Kevin A. Young
teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a co-author, with Tarun Banerjee and Michael Schwartz, of Levers of Power: How the 1% Rules and What the 99%
Macollvie J. Neel
is a writer and communications consultant based in Brooklyn, NY. She emigrated from Haiti to the U.S. when she was 10.
Aalliyah Wright
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Jeyaraj Vadiveloo
is a professor and director of the Goldenson Center for Actuarial Research at the University of Connecticut. With over 30 years of experience in industry and academia, Dr. Vadiveloo now
Ukamaka M. Oruche
is an associate professor at the Indiana University School of Nursing.
Tamika C.B. Zapolski
is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis.
Tiffany Mitchell Patterson
is an assistant professor of secondary social studies in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction/Literacy Studies at West Virginia University.
Emma Bryce
is a freelance journalist based in London, where she writes about the environment, technology and food. Her work has appeared in Wired Magazine, TED Education, the New York Times, and
Agostino Petroni
is a 2020 M.A.-Politics graduate of Columbia Journalism School, and a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellow. An economist and a gastronome, Agostino published Memoria Nueva: Storie di Guardiani Della Terra (Stories
Katherine Stanley Obando
is an author and journalist based in San José, Costa Rica, and co-founder of JumpStart Costa Rica and the Costa Rica Corps.
Andrés Velasco
is dean of the School of Public Policy at London School of Economics and Political Science.
Roberto Chang
is a distinguished professor of economics at Rutgers University.
Christian K. Anderson
is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina.
Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza
is a Georgia-born and raised movement journalist, creative nonfiction student, cat parent, spouse, and auntie living in Atlanta (occupied Cherokee & Creek territories) who conspires in the name of liberated
Nikki Brueggeman
is a writer based out of Southern California. A graduate of Washington State University, she writes about history, Blackness, and women.
Cyanne E. Loyle
is an associate professor of Political Science and International Affairs at Pennsylvania State University.
Benjamin Appel
is an associate professor of International Relations at Michigan State University.
Katherine Uyaguari
is a senior at Sleepy Hollow High School in Westchester County, New York.
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