Author Bios

Tim Henderson covers demographics for Stateline. He has been a reporter at the Miami Herald, the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Journal News.

Louis Vall is a contributor to Truthout.

Robbie Sequeira is a staff writer covering housing and social services for Stateline.

Deepti Pradhan is a scientist and breast cancer survivor whose work focuses on the intersection of biomedical research and public health. She is a graduate of the Public Voices …

Ajantha Subramanian is a professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a member of CUNY Faculty and Staff for Justice in …

Erica Meltzer is Chalkbeat’s national editor based in Colorado. Contact Erica at [email protected].

Terry is a Baton Rouge, Louisiana native and has lived and worked there for the last decade. Before joining Floodlight, he was the City Hall reporter for The Advocate.

Josh Davidson is an abolitionist, a member of the Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners calendar collective, and also part of the Children’s Art Project with political prisoner Oso …

Ankita Dhar Karmakar is an independent journalist who reports on gender issues, human rights and education, among other beats. Her work has been featured in BehanBox, The Wire, Swaddle …

Vernal Coleman is a reporter for ProPublica’s Midwest newsroom. He came to ProPublica from the Boston Globe, where he had been a member of the newsroom’s strike investigations team, …