Author Bios

Melissa Whitler is a local Minnesota education reporter with a background in economic analysis. She is a Minneapolis Public Schools parent.

Alyssa Chen is a Minnesota Reformer data reporter with a focus on health care policy. Previously, she was a research assistant in health policy at Harvard Medical School. She …

Susan Raffo is a writer and bodyworker living in Mnisota Makoce, Minneapolis. You can find out about her work at www.susanraffo.com.

Eddie Velazquez is a journalist in upstate New York focused on covering organized labor, and the state’s housing and childhood lead poisoning crises. You can follow his work on …

Perla Trevizo is a reporter with the ProPublica-Texas Tribune investigative unit who focuses on border and immigration issues.

Jaimie Seaton is a contributor to ProPublica.

Seth A. Richardson is a journalist and educator based in St. Paul, Minn. He authored the Almanac on American Politics‘ chapter on Vice President JD Vance and his freelance …

Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro is a journalist based on the border between Northern Portugal and Galicia. He reports on the occupation of Palestine and the people resisting it since 2017. …

Rafaela Cortez is a journalist based in northern Portugal focusing on inequality, discrimination, and the broader structures of violence shaping daily life in both Portugal and Palestine.

Ali Awad is an activist and journalist from the village of Tuba in Masafer Yatta.