Author Bios

David Forrest ([email protected]) is an assistant professor of politics at Oberlin College, where he studies political organizations, social movements and inequality in the United States.

George O’Connor is a New York Times–bestselling author and illustrator of the Olympians series as well as the graphic novels Journey into Mohawk Country and Ball Peen Hammer. His …

Daniel G. Newman is a national expert on government accountability and money in politics. He is president and co-founder of MapLight, a nonpartisan nonprofit that promotes transparency and political …

Dr. Jody Steinauer is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, the director of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco, and the …

Nikki Brueggeman is a writer based out of Southern California. A graduate of Washington State University, she writes about history, Blackness, and women.

Munira Lokhandwala is the community manager at LittleSis.org. She is based in Philadelphia.

Garrett Broshuis is a St. Louis-based attorney, former Minor League pitcher and the founding president of Advocates for Minor Leaguers. 

Jerry Wallingford is a longtime criminal defense attorney in San Diego and a member of the National Lawyers Guild.

Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt is the Edith Green Distinguished Professor at Linfield University and is the co-editor of Truthout’s “Challenging the Corporate University” series and the editor of Inside Higher Ed’s column, “Conditionally Accepted.”

Adam Dahl is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of Empire of the People: Settler Colonialism …