Author Bios

Russ Buettner is a reporter on the investigations desk at The New York Times. Since 2016, his reporting has focused on the personal finances of Donald J. Trump, including …

Sterling Johnson is a contributor to Prism.

Amy Tran-Calhoun (she/her/hers) is a Southeast Asian Vietnamese American who has dedicated her career to dismantling white supremacy and systems of oppression. She is the director of community engagement …

Judith Butler is distinguished professor in the graduate school and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the …

Eric Paris Whitfield is the co-founder of Prisoners' Brain Trust, an Empowerment Avenue writer, Study & Struggle radical book reviewer, and resident poet for “What’s the Tea.” In 2023 …

Jesse Nichols is a video producer at Grist.

Zrinka Bralo is an organizer and the CEO of Migrants Organise, a grassroots organizing platform for migrant justice. She was a journalist in Sarajevo during the siege in the …

Leah Goodridge is a lawyer, housing law expert and writer. She co-authored the widely cited 2016 law review article, “Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Examining the Constitutionality of Public Housing …

Ahmed Alqarout is a contributor to Mondoweiss.

Laura Pappano is an education journalist who also writes about gender and sport. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Education Life section and former education …