Author Bios

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

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

Kelly Wilkins is a contributor at Media For Us.

Lizzie Presser covers health and health care policy at ProPublica.

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 …

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

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

Laura E. Alexander is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights, at the University of Nebraska Omaha.