Zachary Bell is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes, photographs, and makes video essays about politics and activism for The Nation, Truth-out, and Salon​.com among other outlets. He loves gettings responses to his columns and suggestions for stories. He can be reached at zacharyabell.​mail@​gmail.​com and followed @zacharyabell. You can read more of his work on his blog at http://​zacharya​bell​.com/.