Author Bios

Eleanore Catolico wrote this article for YES! Magazine. Eleanore is a freelance journalist covering environmental justice and city government in Detroit. Follow her on Twitter @e_catolico.

Journalist and author Daniel Golden is a Boston-based senior editor at ProPublica. Golden has been instrumental in three Pulitzer Prizes, two as an editor and one as a reporter. …

Sarah Marie Wiebe is an assistant professor in the department of political science at the University of Hawaii. She is the author of Everyday Exposure: Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental …

Laurel Mei-Singh is an assistant professor of ethnic studies at the University of Hawaii Mānoa and serves on the board of directors of Hawai‘i Peace and Justice. She is …

Leonard L. Cavise is a professor of law emeritus and founder of the Center for Public Interest Law at DePaul University College of Law.

Ben Kharakh is a writer whose work has appeared in outlets like Vice and Fortune. Ben has been cited by “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” Gawker, Mother Jones, Shaun …

Elias König is a philosophy student based in Berlin, Germany.

Caitlin Proctor is an environmental engineer and a Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow at Purdue University’s College of Engineering.

Andrew Whelton is an assistant professor at Purdue University. Whelton responded to the West Virginia chemical spill with a volunteer research team and was tapped by West Virginia Gov. …

Vandana Ravikumar is a Washington correspondent covering border and immigration issues at Cronkite News.