Author Bios

Gregorio León graduated cum laude from the Visual & Media Arts department of Emerson College, Class of 2020. His senior thesis, The Punisher: Microcosm to Evoke the Macrocosm, won …

David Konisky is professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

Sanya Carley is professor of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

Mollie Simon is a Scripps Howard Foundation research fellow at ProPublica. A graduate of the University of Georgia, she previously worked as a researcher for LegiStorm and as a …

Zipporah is a Scripps Howard Foundation research fellow at ProPublica. She studied journalism at Northeastern University and founded the First Gen newsletter, which covers the first-generation college student experience. …

Kris Hermes is a legal worker member of the National Lawyers Guild and author of Crashing the Party: Legacies and Lessons from the RNC 2000.

kyliemax grove-peattie is a writer born, raised and residing on Ohlone land. Prescriptive responses to social problems bore them; they are interested in fluid approaches that encourage expansive, collective …

Nkechi Taifa is the convener of the Justice Roundtable, a reparations expert and author of Black Power, Black Lawyer: My Audacious Quest for Justice.

Dan Benbow has been an online political features writer since 2003. His work has appeared at Salon, Buzzflash, RawStory, AlterNet, BeyondChron, Addicting Info, Get Underground/Kotori Magazine, and his boutique …

Molly Bangs is the director of Equity Forward.