Aaron Miguel Cantú is an investigative journalist and researcher focusing on the criminal justice system, national security, climate change, and energy policy. His work has been published in Al Jazeera America, The Nation, Truthout, VICE News, Gothamist, AlterNet, Earth Island Journal, and other publications. He was raised in the southern borderlands but is now based in Brooklyn, New York. He's on Twitter @aaronmiguel_.