Author Bios

Laura Hernández is the executive director of Freedom for Immigrants, an abolitionist, immigrant-led nonprofit organization devoted to ending immigration incarceration and winning a future in which all people can …

Dennis Pillion is a reporter for Inside Climate News based in Alabama. He joined ICN in 2024 after 17 years working for Alabama Media Group, including nine as the …

Talia Ringer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project and the University of Illinois system. Their award-winning …

Alessandra Bergamin is a freelance investigative journalist whose work focuses on environmental violence and human rights around the world. She most recently investigated how U.S. security assistance fuels violence against …

Kristen Hwang is a health reporter for CalMatters covering health care access, abortion and reproductive health, workforce issues, drug costs and emerging public health matters. Her series on soaring …

Xandan is a trans writer incarcerated in a Texas state prison. Xandan has been held in “restrictive housing” (effectively solitary confinement) for over seven years — treatment he sees …

Scott Russell is a contributor to Unicorn Riot.

Hannes Brunner is a contributor to Unicorn Riot.

Devon Cupery is a contributor to Unicorn Riot.

Nada Elia is a diasporic Palestinian scholar and activist whose work, both in the classroom and the streets, focuses on exposing and redressing structural systems of oppression. She is …