Author Bios

Syris Valentine is the 2024-2025 Grist climate solutions reporting fellow.

Caitlyn Clark is a national organizer at Essential Workers for Democracy, an organization dedicated to rank-and-file member education and empowerment for workers in grocery, meatpacking, and retail.

Ana María Morales is a writer, researcher and activist from Quito. She is part of La Laboratoria and editor of Revista Amazonas, which circulates in Abya Yala territories.

Belén Marco is a visual artist, educator, communicator. She is part of an international feminist research network called La Laboratoria. She works at the New Economy Coalition, a coalition …

Susana Draper is an educator and researcher based in Harlem, NY. She teaches at Princeton and is part of the international feminist research network called La Laboratoria and of the …

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 …