Author Bios

Christina Samuels oversees coverage of early childhood education as well as K-12 education in the South for The Hechinger Report. Samuels previously worked at Education Week, where she covered …

Yereth Rosen came to Alaska in 1987 to work for the Anchorage Times. She has been reporting on Alaska news ever since, covering stories ranging from oil spills to …

Michael Beyea Reagan is an assistant teaching professor at Rutgers University. He is the author of Intersectional Class Struggle: Theory and Practice, and a forthcoming cultural history of public …

Sarahbeth Maney is a photojournalist documenting the impact of social issues on individuals and communities, supported by the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation.

Maegan E. Ortiz is the Executive Director of IDEPSCA and a NYRican in LA who has been an activist for more than 30 years.

Elizabeth Rusch is a contributor to Grist.

Robyn C. Spencer-Antoine, PhD, is a historian who researches and writes about Black social protest after World War II, urban and working-class radicalism, and gender. Her book The Revolution Has Come: …

Roselynne Orrala is an undergraduate economist and environmentalist at North Central College, where she is a student fellow at the Center for Social Impact. She attended the 2025 Puffin …

Conor Gallagher is a contributor to Naked Capitalism.

Liv covers immigration for the Florida Phoenix. She’s had her work cited in The New York Times, the Miami Herald, and the New York Post. She worked previously at …