Author Bios

Helen Scott is a professor of English at the University of Vermont, a member of the faculty union, United Academics: AFT/AAUP, and a member of the Tempest Collective.

Samantha Liss, Midwest correspondent for KFF Health News, has covered the business of health care since 2012. Her reporting at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch prompted dialysis provider DaVita to …

Mira Lazine is a freelance journalist covering LGBTQ+ issues, politics and science.

Schuyler Mitchell is a writer, editor and fact-checker from North Carolina, currently based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in The Intercept, The Baffler, Labor Notes, Los Angeles Magazine, …

Anna K. Wood is a Ph.D. candidate in social work and sociology at the University of Michigan, where she studies status hierarchies, peer behavior and masculinity among fraternity men.

John J. Berger is an energy and environmental policy specialist and a senior research fellow at the Pacific Institute. His 11 books include Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports …

Ayurella Horn-Muller is a staff writer at Grist.

Donalyn White is a community organizer and social justice activist. They are a Ph.D. student in the Cultural Studies Department at Claremont Graduate University studying radical love and liberation. …

Kate Ruder is a contributor KFF Health News.

Malaika Parker is the executive director of the Black Organizing Project, a community-driven organization that is working towards racial, social and economic justice through grassroots community organizing and policy change.