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is a freelance journalist based in California, who is passionate about storytelling and social justice. As a queer, Black biracial person, her work often explores the intersections of race and

is a reporter for Grist. He won a Solutions Journalism Network Award in 2023 for his coverage of French zero-waste initiatives.

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is the project director of the People, Organizations, and Power Lab at Boston University, which uses experimental methods to research how policies and practices can address longstanding race and gender

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is a science journalist and visual storyteller based in Brooklyn, New York, where she often writes about biology, the environment, psychology, mental health, and social science. Her work has appeared

is a Los Angeles–based freelance journalist covering health, gender and culture. Her bylines include The Washington Post, Elle, Shondaland, Good Housekeeping, and PopSugar. Her two peanut butter–colored rescue girls (a