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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.

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. 

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. 

Christina Leza

is an associate professor of Anthropology at Colorado College.

Priscilla Blossom

wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Priscilla is a freelance journalist specializing in Latinx and LGBTQ+ issues, arts & culture, health & wellness, and parenting.
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