Authors

Sam Russek Sam Russek

Sam Russek is a writer from Houston, Tex., currently living in New York. His writing has appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, Dissent, and other places. Find him on Twitter @s…

Nov 7, 2022

Kathleen Blake Kathleen Blake

Kathleen Blake is the founder and chief designer of Stitching Heights, a line of cross-stitch patterns and custom pieces based in Washington Heights, NYC. See more of her work here…

Nov 6, 2022

Porter Wheeler Porter Wheeler

Porter Wheeler is a Puffin StudentNation fall writing fellow who studies global studies and cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon.

Nov 4, 2022

Portia Siegelbaum Portia Siegelbaum

Portia Siegelbaum has over four decades of experience as a journalist in Cuba. She ran the CBS News bureau in Havana for 17 years.

Nov 3, 2022

Peter Olney Peter Olney

Peter Olney is the retired organizing director of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. He has been a labor organizer for 50 years in Massachusetts and on the West Coast…

Nov 3, 2022

Isaac Lozano Isaac Lozano

Isaac Lozano is a student at Stanford University studying political science and a former Puffin StudentNation fall writing fellow. He has previously interned for the Los Angeles Ti…

Nov 1, 2022

Tanvi Misra Tanvi Misra

Tanvi Misra is a freelance writer and multimedia journalist primarily covering migration, urban policy, and criminal justice. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Baffler, Lu…

Oct 28, 2022

Ellen Meyers Ellen Meyers

Ellen Meyers, a writer living in Brooklyn, has had a long and distinguished career in education. She serves on the advisory board of the Hope Reichbach Fund, which provides fellows…

Oct 27, 2022

Walter Thomas-Patterson Walter Thomas-Patterson

Walter Thomas-Patterson is a writer and a student at Oberlin College.

Oct 27, 2022

Nina Baker Nina Baker

Nina Baker is a Puffin StudentNation fall writing fellow and a student at Grinnell College, where she is the community editor at The Scarlet & Black. Her work has appeared in P…

Oct 27, 2022

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