Author Bios

Daniela Tabata Bottini is a Venezuelan journalist and immigrant based in Southern California. She is passionate about politics, immigration, human rights, and pop culture.

Nicolas Niarchos is a freelance journalist. His work has been published in the New Yorker, the Nation and The New York Times. In 2023, he won an Edward R. Murrow Award and he was shortlisted …

Morgen A. Chalmiers is an MD/PhD Candidate in Medical Anthropology and was recognized as an Emerging Scholar in Family Planning for her research on barriers to reproductive healthcare for …

Anna Claire Vollers covers health care for Stateline. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama.

Chris Gelardi is a reporter for New York Focus investigating the state’s criminal-legal system. His work has appeared in more than a dozen other outlets, most frequently The Nation, …

Julia Rock is a reporter for New York Focus. She was previously an investigative reporter at The Lever.

Margaret Coker is editor-in-chief of The Current GA, based in Coastal Georgia. She started her two-decade career in journalism at Cox Newspapers before going to work at The Wall …

Timothy James Young is a poet, writer, editor, abolitionist and wrongfully convicted man, who has been incarcerated in California since 1999. His work has previously been featured in Scalawag …

Hanieh Jodat is a political strategist and a key strategist with Defuse Nuclear War, an initiative of RootsAction. She also serves as the Chair of Progressive Democrats of America …

Mariana Martínez Barba is a freelance journalist based in Mexico and the U.S. who produces multimedia stories on immigration, culture and politics. Her work has been featured in The …