Author Bios

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, …

Kevin Foster is a journalist who reports on the intersection of politics and social justice, aiming to increase representation for marginalized voices in the public sphere. He is also …

Lauren is a senior researcher in the Climate Program at LittleSis. They have over 12 years of research experience, with many of those years working closely with organizers, activists …

Mariela Santos-Muñiz is a freelance writer, mostly writing about topics relating to Latinx communities, whose work has appeared in NBC Latino, Nylon, The Open Notebook, and more. Bilingual in …

Stephen Simpson is the mental health reporter, based in Austin, where he covers behavioral health in schools, treatment in the judicial system, substance abuse and the state mental health …