Author Bios

Dan Alban is a senior attorney and co-director of the National Initiative to End Forfeiture Abuse at the Institute for Justice in Arlington, Virginia.

Kiah Collier is an investigative reporter for the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative. She previously worked at the Tribune as a reporter and associate editor since 2015, covering energy and …

Amber Akemi Piatt is the director of the Health Instead of Punishment Program at Human Impact Partners, a national public health organization headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area …

Harrison Raskin is a student organizer studying Urban and Community Studies at the University of Connecticut and the editor-in-chief of The Daily Campus.

Katie Myers is a Climate Solutions Fellow at Grist.

Matene Toure is a New York-based writer and critic covering politics, film, art, and culture from a working class lens. She is currently completing a MA in Critical Journalism …

Yumna Patel is the Palestine News Director at Mondoweiss

Daja E. Henry is an editorial fellow at The 19th. Before joining The 19th, she covered education and COVID-19 data for The Daily Memphian. Her previous experience includes The Wall …

For over 40 years, Deborah Williams has been deeply involved in helping to pass, and especially defend, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, including in her roles as …

Adrienne Dixson is executive director of the Education and Civil Rights Initiative and professor of Educational Leadership Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her research focuses on how race, …