Author Bios

Carlos Ballesteros is a freelance writer based in Chicago. He was born and raised in the South Side and recently graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a B.A. in …

Barbara Feder Ostrov, senior editor for California Healthline, has reported on medicine and health policy for more than 15 years. She covered the medical beat for the San Jose …

Margaret Viggiani is a contriubutor to Freedom Socialist. 

Jill Jones is an abortion rights supporter in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kevon Paynter is the Surdna reporting fellow for YES! Follow him on Twitter @KevonPaynter.

Adriana Gallardo is a engagement reporter at ProPublica.

John Trumpbour is research director of the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. He is the author of Selling Hollywood to the World: U.S. and European Struggles …

Avram Alpert is a lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program.

Shefali Luthra is a health reporter covering the intersection of gender and health care. Prior to joining The 19th she was a correspondent at Kaiser Health News, where she …

Ramsi Woodcock is a professor of legal studies at Georgia State University.