Author Bios

Jeff Hermanson is an organizer who has worked since 1977 with the ILGWU (later UNITE), Carpenters, Writers Guild, and AFL-CIO Solidarity Center. He is currently working with the International …

Katelyn Burns is an independent journalist and columnist for MSNBC and Xtra Magazine. She was the first ever openly trans Capitol Hill reporter in U.S. history. She co-hosts the Cancel …

Kandi White is a mother, a wife and a woman fighting for environmental and climate justice in her community and beyond in the protection of the sacred, and a …

Julie Bates is a 22-year postal worker at the Des Moines, Iowa post office. 

Alexandra Heal is The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's Google News Initiative fellow.

Natalie Jones is a contributor at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

Ben Stockton works on the Bureau of Investigative Journalism's superbugs project, reporting on antimicrobial resistance around the world.

Andrew Wasley is an award-winning investigative journalist specializing in food and farming issues.

Gabe Murphy is a global studies master's student at the University of California, Berkeley, with a regional focus on the Middle East. Follow him on Twitter: @GabeRMurphy.

Quyen Dinh is the executive director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, a civil rights organization that works to empower Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese American communities to create …