Author Bios

Anna V. Smith is an assistant editor for High Country News.

Mark Olalde is a reporter covering the environment in the Southwest. Before joining ProPublica, he wrote for The Desert Sun, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity.

Brandon Tensley is Capital B's national politics reporter.

Erin Reed is a transgender journalist reporting on LGBTQ+ legislation, news and life every day.

Ja’Loni Owens, J.D., is a queer Black reproductive justice organizer of both Puerto Rican and Black American descent. Ja’Loni currently serves as reparations coordinator at Law for Black Lives, …

Bill Nicholov is president of Macedonian Human Rights Movement International. Follow him on Twitter: @BillNicholov

Orisanmi Burton is an assistant professor at American University’s Department of Anthropology. His new book, Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt, will be out …

Miles Morrisseau, a citizen of the Métis Nation, is a special correspondent for ICT based in the historic Métis Community of Grand Rapids, Manitoba, Canada. He reported as the national Native Affairs broadcaster for CBC …

Lisa Kwon is a writer and reporter born and based in Los Angeles, California.

Stefanie Lindquist is a Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science at Arizona State University.