Author Bios

Rachel Leah is a hip-hop journalist living in Denver, who examines the intersection of hip-hop and politics, and race in the media. Follow her on Twitter @boston_nkleined.

Zara Nasir is a master's of public administration student at NYU Wagner School of Public Service, specializing in policy. Before moving to New York City to pursue her MPA, …

Matthew Kovac is a Michigan-based writer and researcher. He has investigated wrongful convictions with the Chicago Innocence Center and covered social justice issues for The Chicago Reporter magazine. His …

Andrew Gargano is an editorial assistant at Young Voices, a policy project of the international nonprofit Students for Liberty.

Susan Gries is the Chief Financial Officer for a nonprofit provider of supportive housing and services in Chicago and co-chair of Fair Economy Illinois.

Saqib Bhatti is a Roosevelt Institute Fellow and Director of the ReFund America Project.

Lecturer Jessica H. Whiteside was awarded her PhD from Columbia University Earth & Environmental Sciences in 2006. She was Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences at Brown University before joining …

Melanie Diaz is a research associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs.

Mark Lilla is currently a fellow of the Paris Institut d'Études Avancées and the author of The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West.