Author Bios

Adriana Maestas has been writing about Latinos in politics since her days as an undergraduate at UC Irvine. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Irvine …

Luna Ranjit is the executive director of Adhikaar and a cofounder of the New York Healthy Nail Salons Coalition. She is a Ms. Foundation Public Voices Fellow with The …

Stuart Shalat is Professor and Director of the Division of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Georgia State University.

Dr. Roz Pidcock is our deputy editor and science editor, covering new research in the climate sciences and media coverage of climate change. She has a PhD in physical …

Elizabeth McNichol is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities specializing in state fiscal issues including the economy’s impact on state budgets and long-term structural …

Chris Mobley is a writer for Socialist Worker. 

Liz Ryan Murray is the National People's Action policy director.

Lyndsey Gilpin is an editorial intern at High Country News. She tweets @lyndseygilpin.

Rebecca Green is the Washington, DC, office coordinator at CODEPINK. She is a student at Northeastern University with a sociology degree and a minor in women's gender and sexuality studies.