Author Bios

Dan DeFraia is freelance journalist and American Studies Ph.D. candidate at Boston University, where he's writing a book on the relationship between the US news media and intelligence agencies …

David George is associate director of the Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP) Campaign. Follow him on Twitter: @davidgeorge265.

Billy Corriher is a senior researcher with Facing South who specializes in judicial selection, voting rights and the courts in North Carolina.

Professor Simien is a joint-hire with the Department of Political Science and Institute for Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut. Her first book, Black Feminist Voices in Politics …

Alex Mierjeski is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in VICE, VICE News, Munchies and Harper's.

Georgia Kromrei is a contributor at The Indypendent.

Erin Sheridan is a journalist and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York.

Melanie is a PhD candidate at Colorado State University. 

Hannah Finnie is the senior policy and communications associate for Generation Progress, the millennial engagement arm of the Center for American Progress.

Isabelle Morrison is a solutions reporting intern for YES! Follow her on Twitter.