Author Bios

Amir Khafagy is a New York City-based journalist. He has contributed to such publications as Vice, Dame, CityLab, Gothamist, Jacobin, Shelterforce, Curbed, City Limits and In These Times. Follow …

Patrick Maynard's staff or freelance writing has appeared in more than a dozen publications, including VICE, The Independent and The Baltimore Sun. Follow him on Mastodon.social: @patrickmaynard

Tara García Mathewson is a staff writer at The Hechinger Report.

Kirsten Carlson is Associate Professor of Law and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science at Wayne State University.

Katherine J. Wu is a Boston-based science journalist and Story Collider senior producer who has written for Smithsonian, NOVA Next, Scientific American, and more. She holds a Ph.D. in microbiology …

Liz Willen is the editor-in-chief of The Hechinger Report.

Joel Segal served for more than a decade as senior legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan) specializing in health care. He helped draft key national bills, including Medicare for All. …

Ivie Osaghae is the former communications associate at Women on the Rise. A communications strategist based in Atlanta, Georgia, she is shaping new worlds and building narrative power in …

Shiyam Galyon is based in Texas and writes about conflict through an antiwar lens. She is on the Leadership Team of Radical Communicators Network and a member of World Without Prisons …

Alex Henderson is a news writer at AlterNet and veteran political journalist. His work has also appeared in Salon, Raw Story, Truthdig, National Memo, Philadelphia Weekly, Democratic Underground, L.A. …