Author Bios

Collective 20 is a group of writers located in different places throughout the globe. The members of Collective 20 hope their contributions concerning social, political, economic and environmental issues …

Trone Dowd is a staff writer at VICE News.

Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

Maia Wikler is an anthropologist, climate justice organizer and writer. Her most recent work appears in Teen Vogue and VICE. Follow her on Twitter: @MaiaWikler.

Rachel Zhang was an at-large delegate for Sen. Bernie Sanders representing Minnesota at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

Katheryn Houghton is the Montana correspondent for Kaiser Health News. Follow her on Twitter: @K_Hought.

Sarah Saadian is the vice president of public policy for the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and oversees NLIHC’s broad congressional portfolio.

Kathleen O'Neill is a writer for Salon.

Randall Hyman has reported on environmental, scientific and cultural topics from the Arctic to the Amazon for four decades.

Cheryl Crazy Bull is president and CEO of the American Indian College Fund and a citizen of the Sicangu Lakota Nation.