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Author Bios

Manuella Libardi
Manuella Libardi is a Brazilian journalist and the editor for openDemocracy Brasil. She holds a master's degree in international relations. Follow her on Twitter: @ManuellaLibardi.

Lydia DePillis
Lydia DePillis is a reporter in ProPublica’s Washington, D.C., newsroom. She covers trade and the economy in the lead up to the 2020 election.

Julianna S. Gonen
Julianna S. Gonen is policy director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and serves on the board of directors of Abortion Care Network.

Ramona Benitez
Ramona Benitez is a former staff employee of a child detention center operated by the Heartland Alliance in Chicago.

Kelly Wilkins
Kelly Wilkins is a contributor at Media For Us.

Lizzie Presser
Lizzie Presser covers health and health care policy at ProPublica.

Laura Ungar
Laura Ungar, who is midwest editor/correspondent for Kaiser Health News, covers health issues out of Kaiser Health News’s St. Louis office. She has been a journalist for nearly three …

Nancy Fresco
Dr. Nancy Fresco is a research professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning (SNAP) network coordinator. Her work focuses on …

Randi Spivak
Randi Spivak is the public lands director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

Yamuna Matheswaran
Yamuna Matheswaran is a freelance writer, artist and International Studies graduate currently based in New Delhi.