Author Bios

Vu Quoc Ngu is director of the independent non-profit Defend the Defender. He can be contacted by email at: [email protected] or on Twitter at @NguMSc

Edgar Walters is an investigative reporter for The Texas Tribune, where he started as an intern in 2013. He previously covered health and human services for the Tribune.

Vanessa Swales is an intern at The Center for Investigative Reporting.

Patrick Michels is a reporter for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, covering immigration and disaster planning. His immigration coverage focuses on immigration courts and privatization in immigration …

Johanna Bozuwa and Carla Skandier are research associates at The Democracy Collaborative's Next System Project.

Chris Winters is a senior editor at YES! Magazine. He covers economics and politics. 

Derek Scarlino is a teacher, activist and freelance journalist. He has a BS in History from SUNY Brockport and helps run the Love and Rage Media Collective (loveandragemedia.org), an …

Thomas Powell is a sculptor and writer. His recent journal articles on this subject include “Biological Warfare in the Korean War: Allegations and Cover-up,” Socialism and Democracy, V. 31, …

Karla Molinar Arvizo is a research consultant.

Kurt Andersen is author of Heyday and Turn of the Century and frequently writes for New York and Vanity Fair. He is host and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning public radio program Studio 360. In 2006, …