Author Bios

James Allen is a research associate with the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative at the Center for International Policy.

Mashal Hashem is a research associate with the Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative at the Center for International Policy.

Camille Erickson is a contributor at the Center for Responsive Politics.

Darlene Harris is a criminal defense lawyer based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Lillian Mongeau is The Hechinger Report’s membership manager and West Coast bureau chief. 

Roland Reed is an independent socialist journalist and organizer who focuses on the U.S. labor movement. Follow him on Twitter: @RolandReed11.

Melissa Price Kromm is director of the North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections.

Sarah R. Sherman-Stokes is a lecturer, clinical instructor of law and the associate director of the Immigrants’ Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic at Boston University.

Camille Fassett is a reporter at Freedom of the Press Foundation and a researcher at Lucy Parsons Labs. She writes about civil liberties, surveillance, tech and data, and policing.

Bob Hennelly has written and reported for the Village Voice, Pacifica Radio, WNYC, CBS MoneyWatch and other outlets. He is now a reporter for the Chief-Leader, covering public unions …