Author Bios

Jenny Gustafsson is an independent journalist and editor, living in Beirut since 2009. She reports from across the Middle East and South Asia, on issues including society, development, migration, …

Gretchen E. Ely is Professor of Social Work and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.

Francesca Emanuele is a Latin American journalist and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology at American University.

Peter Elkind is a senior reporter at ProPublica covering the Trump administration.

Jonah Minkoff-Zern is co-director of Public Citizen’s Democracy Is For People campaign. Follow him on Twitter: @jonahmz.

Laura Peterson is a writer and policy wonk based in Washington, D.C.

Brittany Gibson is a writing fellow at The American Prospect.

Olivia Katbi Smith is co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) of Portland, Oregon, and a member of DSA’s national Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, and Palestine solidarity working …

India McKinney is the director of federal affairs at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Prior to joining EFF, she spent over 10 years in Washington, D.C., as a legislative …

xoài phạm is a Vietnamese trans person who has a complicated relationship with womanhood. She's currently the digital media queen at Transgender Law Center. She comes from a long …