Author Bios

Christoph Hanssmann is an assistant professor of Women and Gender Studies at San Francisco State University. 

Erika D'Andrea is a graduate student in the Women and Gender Studies Master’s program at San Francisco State University. 

Eryn Mathewson is a special correspondent for Making Contact.

Michelle Farber is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and is a long-time clinic defender and abortion provider. She is a nurse-midwife in Seattle, Washington.

Chanelle Gallant is an abolitionist feminist who has been fighting to free women’s sexuality from criminalization for over 25 years. She is a frontline organizer, writer, thinker, strategist and …

Jill Barshay is a contributing editor who writes the weekly “Proof Points” column about education research and data. Previously, she was the New York bureau chief for Marketplace, a …

Erin is a freelance writer living in the Kansas City area where she also works as a health insurance navigator for a community health center. Her work has been …

Wyatt Massey is a journalist covering social justice and religion. Follow him on Twitter: @News4Mass.

Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Middle East Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg is an independent journalist and founder of The Carceral Report. Follow her on Bluesky @elizabethweill.bsky.social and Instagram @elizabethweillgreenberg.