Author Bios

Tik Root is a senior staff writer at Grist.

H. A. Nethery is an associate professor of philosophy at Florida Southern College. He specializes in phenomenology and the philosophy of time. He has published essays on phenomenology, racism …

Patricia Kime is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Defense News, Military Times, Military.com, KFF Health News …

Derek R. Trumbo Sr., a multiple-time PEN Prison Writing Award winner, is an essayist, playwright and author whose writing has been featured in The Sentences That Create Us: Crafting A …

Amy Maxmen is a contributor at KFF Health News.

Cheryl Clark writes for ProPublica.

Brendan O'Brien is the author of the upcoming book Homesick: Why Housing is Unaffordable and How We Can Change It.

Lisa Kloskin is acquisitions editor at Broadleaf Books, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She worked with Lacino Hamilton on his book, In Spite of the Consequences.

Wesley Vaughan is a formerly incarcerated writer whose nonfiction has appeared in The Appeal, Inquest, Next City, Truthout and the Vera Institute of Justice. He is a member of …

Khelil Bouarrouj is a writer and civil rights advocate based in Washington, D.C. His work can be found in The New Arab, Washington Blade, Palestine Square, and other publications.