Author Bios

Elisa Murray is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor.

Miranda S. Spivack is a reporter for Reveal News. 

Erin L. Thompson, co-curator of Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo with Charlie Shields and Paige Laino, is an assistant professor of art crime at John Jay College. Her book, Possession: The Curious …

Kali Akuno is a cofounder and co-director of Cooperation Jackson, and co-editor of Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy and Self-Determination in Jackson, Mississippi, with Ajamu Nangwaya. Akuno …

Tiffaney Meredith is a member of the OUR Walmart community of Walmart associates.

Joanna Zdanys serves as counsel for the Brennan Center's Democracy Program, where her work focuses on campaign finance reform and voting rights. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Zdanys …

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.