Author Bios

Laura Guido covers state politics for the Idaho Capital Sun. She previously covered the Legislature and state government for the Idaho Press and several other papers from around the …

Jack Dura is a North Dakota Monitor reporter based in Bismarck. His coverage areas include state government, elections, politics, and courts. He can be reached at [email protected].

Andrew Mayersohn is a contributor to OpenSecrets.

Gwynne Hogan is a senior reporter covering immigration, homelessness, and many things in between. Her coverage of the migrant crisis earned her the Newswomen’s Club of New York’s Journalist …

The Grist staff cover climate and environmental issues on Grist.org.

Keri Blakinger covers criminal justice for ProPublica, with a focus on prisons and the death penalty.

Alaa Dmeida is a Palestinian writer from Gaza. Her work explores displacement, memory, and life under war. Her writing has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Progressive, Palestine Deep Dive, …

Neha Madhira is an award-winning gender, health and politics reporter with a focus in South Asia and the Middle East. Previously, she was a breaking news reporter in Austin, …

Maia Siegel’s writing is published or forthcoming in Granta, Epiphany, HouseHouse Magazine, The Bennington Review, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. She lives in New York.

Claire Cleary is a contributor to OpenSecrets.