Alec MacGillis is a reporter for ProPublica. In recent years, his coverage has focused on gun violence, economic inequality and the pandemic-era schools crisis.

Alejandro has built an impressive body of work during his years as a reporter. Alejandro is a versatile journalist who’s helped cover major news events, including the Astroworld Festival tragedy, Hurricane Nicholas, and the deaths of hundreds of Texans during the February 2021 winter storm and the nearly statewide blackout...

Alex Wayne is executive editor of KFF Health News. He previously worked for Bloomberg News, where he led coverage of the Joe Biden and Donald Trump presidencies and reported on health care policy, including the development of the Affordable Care Act. In 2020, he helped manage and edit articles about...

Alexander C. Kaufman is an award-winning reporter and writer who has covered energy and climate change for more than a decade. His reporting has traversed four continents, with dispatches from the Brazilian Amazon to Greenland’s ice sheet, Mongolia’s frigid steppe to the Philippines’ mothballed nuclear plant. A fourth-generation New Yorker,...

Allison Kite is a data reporter for The Missouri Independent and Kansas Reflector, with a focus on the environment and agriculture. A graduate of the University of Kansas, she’s covered state government in both Topeka and Jefferson City, and most recently was City Hall reporter for The Kansas City Star.

Allison Stanger is Middlebury Distinguished Endowed Professor; Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University; Co-Director (with Danielle Allen), GETTING-Plurality Research Network, Harvard University; founding member of the Digital Humanism Initiative (Vienna); and an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. Stanger’s next book, Who Elected Big Tech?...

Amanda Becker is our Washington correspondent. She has covered the U.S. Congress, the White House and elections for more than a decade. Becker previously worked at Reuters and CQ Roll Call. Her work has appeared in publications including The Washington Post, The New Republic and Glamour magazine. Her political coverage...

Amanda Hernández covers criminal justice for Stateline. She has reported for both national and local outlets, including ABC News, USA Today and NBC4 Washington.

Amanda Moore is a freelance journalist focusing on far-right extremism. Her work has appeared in The Nation, Daily Dot, and Talking Points Memo.

Amir is a staff writer at Zany Progressive who is tackling topics on the government and politics. He speaks English, Hindu, and Urdu.