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  • Nina Burleigh

    National political journalist, author of 7 nonfiction books including The Trump Women: Part of the Deal; and the novel Zero Visibility Possible, the first in a trilogy of dystopic satires.

  • Andra Watkins

    Survivor of Christian Nationalism; author of For Such a Time as This; NYT bestselling author of the memoir Not Without My Father: One Woman's 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace; proud immigrant

  • Chuck Collins

    Campaigner, researcher, writer based at the Institute for Policy Studies where he directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good and co-edits Inequality.org.

  • Isabel Vincent

    I am a reporter and author based in New York City

  • Scott Carney

    Investigative journalist, anthropologist, author and YouTuber

  • Katie Chenoweth

    Princeton professor and investigative researcher

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