Authors

Cody Lonning Cody Lonning

Cody Lonning, a cofounder of the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative, grew up farming hay and wheat outside the small town where he now practices law and teaches politics and history at…

Nov 16, 2022

Eliza Moreno Eliza Moreno

Eliza Moreno is a writer who is dedicated to interrogating racial, gender and environmental intersections. She earned a BA from Duke University and an MA from Stanford University.

Nov 16, 2022

Betty Lyons Betty Lyons

Betty Lyons, who is Onondaga, is president of the American Indian Law Alliance.

Nov 16, 2022

Eve Reyes-Aguirre Eve Reyes-Aguirre

Eve Reyes-Aguirre, who is Mexica Izkaloteka, has been an organizer and advocate with Tonatierra for more than two decades, advocating for the rights of Mother Earth, Indigenous wom…

Nov 16, 2022

Tomas Miriti Pacheco Tomas Miriti Pacheco

Tomás Miriti Pacheco is a Puffin StudentNation fall writing fellow, poet, and journalist from Columbus, Ohio. He is currently completing a BA in English and creative writing from t…

Nov 16, 2022

Max Norman Max Norman

Max Norman is a freelance writer and critic.

Nov 16, 2022

Rachel Phua Rachel Phua

Rachel Phua is a journalist who has written about labor and business for The American Prospect, CNBC, Nikkei Asia, and other news outlets. She is Payday Report’s and the Institute…

Nov 16, 2022

Maggie Smith Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith is most recently the author of Goldenrod (Simon & Schuster, 2021). Smith’s poems and essays have appeared in Best American Poetry, the New York Times, The New York…

Nov 16, 2022

Simon Moya-Smith Simon Moya-Smith

Simon Moya-Smith is a freelance reporter who’s written for Columbia Journalism Review, The Cut, and Lonely Planet, among other outlets.

Nov 15, 2022

Olayemi Olurin Olayemi Olurin

Olayemi Olurin is a movement lawyer, political commentator, writer, and abolitionist thinker.

Nov 15, 2022

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