Author Bios

Dutton is a reporter for ProPublica in the Northwest, based in Idaho.

Christina Samuels oversees coverage of early childhood education as well as K-12 education in the South for The Hechinger Report. Samuels previously worked at Education Week, where she covered …

Yereth Rosen came to Alaska in 1987 to work for the Anchorage Times. She has been reporting on Alaska news ever since, covering stories ranging from oil spills to …

Michael Beyea Reagan is an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers University. He is the author of Intersectional Class Struggle: Theory and Practice, and a forthcoming cultural history of public …

Sarahbeth Maney is a photojournalist documenting the impact of social issues on individuals and communities, supported by the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation.

Maegan E. Ortiz is the Executive Director of IDEPSCA and a NYRican in LA who has been an activist for more than 30 years.

Elizabeth Rusch is a contributor to Grist.

Robyn C. Spencer-Antoine, PhD, is a historian who researches and writes about Black social protest after World War II, urban and working-class radicalism, and gender. Her book The Revolution Has Come: …

Roselynne Orrala is an undergraduate economist and environmentalist at North Central College, where she is a student fellow at the Center for Social Impact. She attended the 2025 Puffin …

Conor Gallagher is a contributor to Naked Capitalism.