Meg Kinnard covers national politics for The Associated Press. She lives in South Carolina.

I received my first doctorate (PhD) in Francophone Studies from Florida State University in 2012 and my second doctorate (SJD) in International Law from Penn State Dickinson Law in 2024. I have a master’s degree in International Law and Human Rights from Université de Rouen in France, and a bachelor’s...

Expertise: Women and politics, local politics, research methods and environmental politics, gender and political ambition, women mayors, sheriffs, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, sexism, children’s political attitudes and actions, pathways to political office Career Highlights: Mirya Holman is an associate professor in public policy at the Hobby School of Public Affairs....

Katherine Hapgood is the 2023-24 Charles Lewis American University Fellow. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in journalism and public affairs with a concentration in investigative journalism. Originally from Des Moines, Iowa, Katherine is a recent Boston University journalism and chemistry graduate, where she wrote for the Boston Globe,...

Caroline recently graduated with an M.S. degree from Stanford University’s Doerr School of Sustainability. Throughout her college experience, she wrote pieces focusing on environmental justice and water politics. Her thesis and accompanying work investigated military pollution at Fort Ord in Monterey and the resulting public health consequences. Last summer, she...

Breaking news intern at The Daily Beast. Liam Archacki is also a newsroom editorial intern for the Monitor. Hailing from Austin, Texas, he is a rising senior at Amherst College, where he double-majors in English and philosophy. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of his student newspaper, The Amherst Student....

Molly Castle Work, correspondent, covers health care in California. She has reported on a range of topics including hospital charity care, crisis pregnancy centers, and hospital lawsuits against indebted patients — the last of which earned first place for investigative reporting in the Association of Health Care Journalists’ 2023 Awards...

Paul Biasco is a journalist and restaurateur and enjoys writing about architecture, food, drink, travel and culture from Mexico City. He regularly gets back to his hometown of Chicago for a good story. His work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Motherboard, Eater and Kitchen Toke.

Lily Mae Lazarus is a U.S. journalist based in New York City and a contributor to The Daily Beast. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from New York University with a focus on cultural reporting and criticism.

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