Author Bios

Jesse Mechanic is a freelance writer and commentator. He runs the Logical Radical newsletter, and has contributed to Mother Jones, In These Times, HuffPost, Truthout, and others. Follow him on Instagram: @jmechanic.

Michelle Andrews is a contributing columnist at Kaiser Health News, and writes the “Insuring Your Health” column. She has been writing about health care for more than 15 years. …

Michelle D. Layser is a research fellow and adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University.

Benjamin Hackett is an independent writer from Columbus, Ohio.

David Neiwert is a journalist and author and an acknowledged expert in American right-wing extremism. He has appeared on ‘Anderson Cooper 360,’ 'CNN Newsroom,' and ‘The Rachel Maddow Show.’ …

Alana Toulin is a Ph.D. candidate in US history at Northwestern University. Her dissertation, ‘Open Tables: Restaurant and Reform in Progressive Chicago,’ considers how Chicagoans from across class, gender …

Lesley Williams is a member of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Sarah Bartolome is an assistant professor of Music Education at Northwestern University. She researches best practices in music education and the experiences of transgender musicians and is a Public …

Negin Owliaei is Truthout's editor-in-chief. An award-winning journalist, she previously worked at Al Jazeera's flagship daily news podcast, The Take. She lives in Washington, D.C.