Author Bios

Grace Panetta is a political reporter. She previously worked at Insider for four years covering politics with a focus on elections and voting. She holds a degree in political …

Maya Srikrishnan is a veteran California-based journalist who joined the Center for Public Integrity as a reporter in March 2022. Previously, she was associate editor for civic education at …

Amanda Powers is a Research and Program Associate in the Democracy Program, where she focuses on promoting fair, diverse, and impartial courts. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Amanda …

Susan Kang is an associate professor of political science at John Jay College, City University of New York. She is the author of Human Rights and Labor Solidarity: Trade Unions …

David Goeßmann is a journalist and author based in Berlin, Germany. He has worked for several media outlets including Spiegel Online, ARD, and ZDF. His articles appeared on Truthout, …

Rukia Lumumba is a Black woman and transformative justice strategist from Jackson, Mississippi. She is co-founder and executive director of the People’s Advocacy Institute and co-leads the Electoral Justice …

Kayla Reed is a Black, queer organizer and strategist from St. Louis, Missouri. She is co-founder and executive director of Action St. Louis and a lead strategist in the …

Kyle C. Velte is a Professor of Law at the University of Kansas School of Law. Her scholarship, which examines the intersection of sexuality, gender and the law, has …

Kristian Hernández is a senior reporter based in Fort Worth, Texas. Hernández is an award-winning journalist and first generation Mexican-American with more than a decade of experience covering immigration …

L.E.J. Rachell is the leading researcher on CORE and has created the largest online archive and electronic database on CORE: www.corenyc.org and www.thecoreproject.org.