Author Bios

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, …

Maria Ibarra Frayre, LLMSW, is a community organizer. Read her work on Medium.

Cresa Pugh is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard University.