Author Bios

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.

Kalle Benallie, Navajo, is a reporter-producer at ICT's Phoenix bureau. Follow her on Twitter: @kallebenallie or email her at [email protected]. Benallie was once the opening act for a Cirque Du Soleil show …

Elliot Lewis is a UPS package car driver and alternate shop steward in Teamsters Local 804 in New York City.