Author Bios

Andy Mannix is a Minnesota-based investigative reporter who covers the Midwest, with a focus on government and institutional accountability.

Alaa Serhal is a contributor to Mondoweiss.

Elinor Epperson interned at Stateside as a production assistant and in the Michigan Public newsroom covering the environment for the Great Lakes News Collaborative and as a general assignment …

Alex Rewegan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Technoscience Research Unit at the University of Toronto. He studies the historical and contemporary relationships between science, culture, and militarization. He …

Mila Halgren is a freelance writer covering law enforcement and defense tech in Boston, where she's based, and beyond. She has a PhD in Neuroscience from MIT.

Jordan Wolman is a senior reporter at CommonWealth Beacon covering climate and energy issues in Massachusetts. 

Jennifer Smith writes for CommonWealth Beacon and co-hosts its weekly podcast, The Codcast. Her areas of focus include housing, social issues, courts and the law, and politics and elections.

Ella Spitz is a freelance journalist and an editorial fellow at All That’s Interesting. She previously worked as an associate editor and staff writer at The Indypendent where she covered labor and …

Ryan Brennan is a queer advocate and community organizer. While in prison, he developed and facilitated the LGBTQ Allies program. He also earned a bachelor's degree in organizational studies …

Mathew Witecki is a 2026 graduate of University of California, Riverside with a bachelor’s degree in Education, Society, and Human Development and an inside advocate with Californians United for …