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Jeffrey Bartholet is a veteran journalist based in Washington, D.C. He has written for The New Yorker, National Geographic, Scientific American, Smithsonian, and other publications. From 1989 to 2011...

Esha is a journalist who covers sustainability, development, women's issues, and mission-driven brands. She contributes to a number of international and national publications such as The Guardian, The...

Jennifer Miller's debut novel "The Year of the Gadfly" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was chosen as a 2012 Best Book by Kirkus Reviews and Self magazine. Her first book, "Inheriting the Holy Land"...

Kassondra Cloos is a senior journalism major at Elon University from Pawtucket, R.I. She has previously worked for News21's "Who Can Vote?" project, in Phoenix, Ariz. She also interned for Al Jazeera...

Dan McCarey is an information designer based in Washington, DC.

Steve Ringman has been a photographer for The Seattle Times for over 25 years. His passion is for stories involving environmental issues including climate change, fisheries and forestry that have...

Craig Welch is an environment writer at National Geographic. Prior to joining National Geographic, he was the environmental reporter for The Seattle Times, where he worked for more than 14 years. A...

Catherine Schurz is a senior at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, majoring in criminal justice and political science. Her passion for journalism developed while serving as the world and nation...

Eben Harrell is a research associate at the Project on Managing the Atom at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests include nuclear...

David E. Hoffman is a contributing editor at The Washington Post and Foreign Policy magazine. For The Post, he covered the White House during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush...

Jens Erik Gould has reported from over a dozen countries on issues including health, immigration, politics, the environment, education, crime, economic policy and the oil industry. Most recently, he...