Author Bios

Elizabeth Jensen is a contributor to The New York Times.

Matt Bai is staff writer and chief political correspondent for the New York Times Magazine, where he covered both the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns. He also writes the …

Patrick R. McElligott is an activist and author from New York.

Melissa V. Harris-Perry is professor of political science at Tulane University, where she is founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race and Politics in the South. She previously …

James Marc Leas is a patent lawyer in South Burlington Vermont. He has a Bachelor’s in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master’s in physics from …

Rob Hager, a Harvard Law graduate, is a public interest litigator who filed amicus briefs in the Montana sequel to Citizens United and has worked as an international consultant …

Joseph Goldstein and William K. Rashbaum are reporters for the New York Times News Service.