Authors

Mira Sydow Mira Sydow

Mira Sydow is a Puffin StudentNation fall writing fellow and a student and community organizer at the University of Pennsylvania who writes about education, local politics, and her…

May 19, 2022

Lauren Van Stone Lauren Van Stone

Lauren van Stone is an up and coming graphic storyteller. They are a graduating senior of the class of 2022 from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. See more of their work here.

May 19, 2022

Ashley Bishop Ashley Bishop

Ashley Bishop is a Brooklyn-based reporter and documentary filmmaker covering underrepresented voices and stories.

May 18, 2022

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

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