Author Bios

Blanca Begert is the News Fellow at Grist. She was previously an editor and producer for environmental content at KCET / PBS SoCal.

Umme is a writer, editor, and organizer leading campaigns and trainings at Defend and Recruit, a national network supporting the movement for immigrant defense. A Bangladeshi-Texan, she's spent the …

Jacob Hileman is an environmental scientist with a Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis.

Mary DeMocker is the author of The Parents’ Guide to Climate Revolution: 100 Ways to Build a Fossil-Free Future, Raise Empowered Kids, and Still Get a Good Night’s Sleep, which was …

Max Blau covers health care, public health and the environment for ProPublica's South unit. Blau was previously an independent journalist working with Georgia Health News as part of ProPublica’s …

Maya Foa is joint director of Reprieve US, a nonprofit civil rights organization.

Dr. Rakeen Mabud is the Chief Economist and Managing Director of Policy and Research at the Groundwork Collaborative.

Jessica Lussenhop is a reporter with ProPublica.

Frederick is the Programs and Operations Manager at Debt Collective.

Sophie Shepherd is the Summer 2022 intern for CODEPINK’s War Is Not Green campaign.