North America

María Inés Zamudio covers immigration for WBEZ. She is an award-winning investigative reporter who is now part of the race, class, and communities team. Prior to joining WBEZ, she worked for American...

Micah Castelo is a web content editor at Saint Joseph’s University. Previously, she was a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12 magazine. Prior to that, she was a master's student and newspaper fellow...

Taylor is a doctoral student at Washington University in St. Louis studying international relations and comparative politics. She continues to pursue her love of journalism by contributing to three...

Mark Oppenheimer is the former Beliefs columnist for The New York Times and a contributor to magazines including The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, The Nation, and The New Republic. For Tablet...

Vandana Menon is a graduate student in the Master of Liberal Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania and is working on land and resource conflicts in India. Before attending Penn, she worked as...

Keishi Foecke is a junior at Washington University in St. Louis majoring in Global Health and minoring in American Culture Studies. Keishi is passionate about understanding how structural issues and...

Dan Schwartz is a freelance journalist based in northern Vermont and a recent graduate from a master's program at The Missouri School of Journalism, where he studied investigative reporting and...

Samidha Sane is a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania studying Business and International Studies in the Huntsman Program. She is the founder of Building Bridges, a youth-led organization that...

Carly is a graduate student at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where she specializes in social justice and investigative reporting. She's written stories on food security...

Hani Zaitoun is a senior at Davidson College in North Carolina majoring in political science and minoring in economics. His prior experience includes a variety of internships and freelance work with...

Mariana Rivas is a journalism student at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, and will graduate in December 2019. She is interested in immigration and international issues and enjoys...