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Raad Rahman
Raad Rahman is a writer and a communications, advocacy, and partnerships specialist. She lives in New York and tweets @rad_rahman.

Missouri Williams
Missouri Williams is the pen name of a writer who lives in the Czech Republic.

Maytha Alhassen
Maytha Alhassen recently received her PhD in American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and is currently a Senior Fellow studying MASA (Muslim, Arab & South Asian) narratives in pop culture for the Pop Culture Collaborative. 

Rachel Bryan
Rachel Bryan is a PhD student in literature at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research focuses on poverty and the working class in Southern literature. Her selected essays can be found at snakeandtree.com. 

Chris Norris
Chris Norris is a writer in New York who has contributed to The New Yorker, New York magazine, Rolling Stone, and Film Comment, among others. 

Ed Burmila
Ed Burmila (@gin_and_tacos) is an assistant professor of political science. He lives in Chicago, hosts the Mass for Shut-ins podcast, and writes frequently at Gin and Tacos.

Sarah Marshall
Sarah Marshall grew up in Oregon, and her work has recently appeared in The Believer, The New Republic, and BuzzFeed.

Liz Pelly
Contributing editor Liz Pelly writes about music, culture, streaming and the internet. She lives in New York.

Rhett Miller
Rhett Miller is the lead singer of Old 97’s. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, McSweeney’s, Salon, and elsewhere.

Rebecca Burns
Rebecca Burns is an award-winning investigative reporter and a contributing editor at In These Times.