Author Bios

Charles Pekow is an award-winning investigative reporter who has covered environmental issues for the Washington Monthly, In These Times, Forest Magazine, and other publications.

Sarah Butrymowicz oversees and contributes to The Hechinger Report’s investigative and data work covering all levels of education, from early childhood to K-12 to higher education. She has worked …

Melissa Holzberg is a contributor to OpenSecrets.org

Tamar Sarai Davis is a features staff reporter at Prism. Follow her on Twitter @bytamarsarai.

Joseph Cook is Associate Professor of Economic Sciences at Washington State University.

Sarah Wade is a reporter and writer based in Bristol. She previously worked for the Bristol Herald Courier. Contact her at [email protected]. 

Sydney Pereira is a journalist based in Brooklyn. She covers the intersection between social justice and health, labor, and climate change. Her work has been published in Gothamist/WNYC, Newsweek, …

Volodymyr Ishchenko is a research associate at the Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. His research focused on protests and social movements, revolutions, radical right and left …

Hadas Thier is an activist and writer in New York, and the author of A People's Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics. She tweets @hadasthier.

Roxanne Barnes is a contributing writer with Solitary Watch. She is based in Los Angeles.