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Tara Suter

Tara Suter is a reporting intern for OpenSecrets.
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Ramón Cruz

Ramón Cruz is the president of the Sierra Club.
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Craig Silverman

Craig Silverman is a national reporter for ProPublica covering voting, platforms, disinformation and online manipulation. Silverman previously served as the media editor of BuzzFeed News, where he pioneered coverage …
Silky Shah

Silky Shah

Silky Shah is the executive director of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition building power to abolish immigration detention in the U.S. She is also the author of the …
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Rachel Hauben Combs

Rachel Hauben Combs’s background includes work as a performer and playwright, as well as over 30 years as a development professional. Combs has served as development director for Storycatchers …
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Aysha Khan

Aysha Khan is a journalist in Boston. She covers religion and culture with a focus on U.S. Muslim communities.
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Joey S. Kim

Joey S. Kim (she/her) is a scholar, creative writer and assistant professor of English at the University of Toledo. Her award-winning collection of poems, Body Facts, was released by Diode Editions on June 15, …
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M.K. Hawthorne

M.K. Hawthorne is a Chicago-based writer who works in digital advertising for progressive campaigns. He is focused on the intersection between electoralism, radical politics and public policy.
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Rohan Zhou-Lee

Rohan Zhou-Lee is an activist, dancer and writer in New York City. Rohan has previously written for them. magazine and Mochi Magazine.
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Saiba Varma

Saiba Varma is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego.