Hojung Lee is the editorial assistant for Sojourners magazine. Born in Seoul, South Korea, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in studio arts and public policy and leadership at the University of Virginia. Lee believes that art naturally creates a space to reflect on society, with vast potential to bring attention to systemic injustice and inspire a call to action. Everything she creates is filtered through the lens of her Asian American identity.
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Debadrita Sur graduated with a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she reported on housing and homelessness, and co-produced a short documentary on food insecurity in the South Bronx, New York. She has bylines in The Buffalo News, Mirror US, Daily Express US, The New York Times, and Far Out Magazine UK, where she has covered breaking news and enterprise stories on local, national and international topics. She is originally from Kolkata, India.
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David Carroll Cochran is professor of politics at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa. His most recent book is The Catholic Case Against War: A Brief Guide, published in 2024 by the University of Notre Dame Press.
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