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Called a "gifted storyteller and deep thinker" by The New York Times, Steven Johnson is a leading authority on innovation, whose books, podcasts, and television series have explored the stories of...

Linda Villarosa is a journalist, author, editor, novelist and educator. She is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality and health. Most recently she...

Ranju Dodum is a journalist based in Arunachal Pradesh in India's northeast, a region often neglected by mainstream Indian and global media.

Marni Lennon is the assistant dean for public interest and pro bono and a lecturer of law. She is the founder and director of the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center, and has worked and taught at the...

Ariana Aboulafia is an attorney who graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law with a concentration in social justice and public interest in 2020. She has a bachelor’s in...

Santiago Wills is a writer from Bogotá, Colombia. He studied philosophy at the National University in Bogotá, and later earned a master's in journalism at Columbia University in New York and a master...

Bradford Ellison is a student at Howard University School of Law. Prior to law school, he attended Duke University, where he studied cultural anthropology and public policy, and worked on workforce...

Anastasia Pierik is a second-year law student at the University of Miami. In 2019, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a degree in society and environment...

Maria Nasir is a student contributor to The 1619 Project Law School Initiative. She is currently in her last year pursuing her J.D. degree at Howard University School of Law. She hopes to focus her...

Elias Thompson is a second-year law student at the University of Miami and is an active member of the law school's Race & Social Justice Law Review. While his work with the RSJLR focuses primarily on...

Sydney Smith is a third-year law student at the University of Miami. Prior to fulfilling her dream of attending law school, she graduated from Florida State University with a bachelor of science in...