Authors

Khury Petersen-Smith Khury Petersen-Smith

Khury Petersen-Smith is the Michael Ratner Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.

May 17, 2022

Jonathan Zimmerman Jonathan Zimmerman

Jonathan Zimmerman teaches education and history at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools, which will be published i…

May 17, 2022

Kay Gabriel Kay Gabriel

Kay Gabriel is a writer and organizer based in New York.

May 16, 2022

Jeff Weaver Jeff Weaver

Jeff Weaver is a Democratic strategist and consultant who was Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign manager.

May 16, 2022

Seohee Jung Seohee Jung

Seohee Jung is a 17-year-old high schooler who lives in New York. She likes to spend time with her friends and family. But on days when she wants to relax, she picks up a book to r…

May 13, 2022

Sara Lomax-Reese Sara Lomax-Reese

Sara Lomax-Reese is an American journalist and media executive and entrepreneur. Lomax-Reese is the president and CEO of WURD Radio, a Black-owned talk radio station in Pennsylvani…

May 12, 2022

S. Mitra Kalita S. Mitra Kalita

S. Mitra Kalita is a veteran journalist, media executive, prolific commentator and author of two books. She is the cofounder/ CEO of URL Media, a network of Black and brown communi…

May 12, 2022

Raquel Salas Rivera Raquel Salas Rivera

Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet, translator, and editor. This poem is taken from his latest collection antes que isla es volcán/before island is volcano.

May 12, 2022

Dan Froomkin Dan Froomkin

Dan Froomkin is a media critic and founder/editor of the nonprofit organization Press Watch. Before Press Watch, he spent over three decades as a reporter, editor and columnist, in…

May 12, 2022

Eduardo “Echo” Martinez Eduardo “Echo” Martinez

May 12, 2022

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