Author Bios

Sydney Bauer is a transgender freelance journalist based in New Jersey. She covers sports, politics and major events through the lens of identity and gender.

Stavroula Pabst is a reporter for Responsible Statecraft.

Douglas H. White is a civil rights activist, lawyer and government official whose career has centered on human and civil rights and labor law. He was human rights commissioner …

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 …