Caitlin Kelly, winner of a National Magazine Award in her native Canada, is a former reporter for The Globe & Mail, Montreal Gazette and New York Daily News. She is the author of “Blown Away: American Women and Guns” and “Malled: My Unintentional Career in Retail.” A writing coach and frequent contributor to The New York Times, she lives in Tarrytown, NY. Follow her on Twitter: @CaitlinKellyNYC.

Rachel Dodes is a journalist focused on entertainment, politics and the intersection of the two. Her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, the New York Times, BuzzFeed and the Wall Street Journal. She also co-hosts a podcast called “Nope,” in which she shuts down the most abominable news of the week, every week. Follow her on Twitter @racheld.

Rebecca Long is a Boston-based writer, editor, and X-Files enthusiast. You can find her on Twitter at @bex_long or visit rebeccaclong.com.

Kareem Shaheen was the Middle East and Turkey correspondent for The Guardian, and was previously based in Istanbul, Beirut and Abu Dhabi. He was nominated for a Frontline Club Award for print journalism for his coverage of the Khan Sheikhun chemical attack. He holds a Master’s degree in war studies from King’s College London. He lives in Montreal, where he continues to work as a journalist and columnist.

Nikki Muller is a playwright, musical comedian and actress who splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. She has spent the last several years performing and touring her award-winning play, Definition of Man, which was recently nominated for an Ovation award. Follow her on Twitter: @nikkimuller.

An exvangelical writer, speaker, and advocate, Chrissy Stroop is (with Lauren O’Neal) coeditor of the essay anthology Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church. Growing up, Stroop was sent to right-wing evangelical Christian schools in Indianapolis, Indiana and Colorado Springs, Colorado, but she went on to earn a Phd in modern Russian history from Stanford University and switch sides in the culture wars. Now an atheist who embraces pluralism, Stroop is a weekly columnist for openDemocracy and a senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches whose work has also appeared in Foreign Policy, DAME, Playboy, The Boston Globe, The Moscow Times, and other outlets. She also writes weekly essays for her Substack, The Bugbear Dispatch, and you can connect with her on BlueSky and Spoutible. These days, Stroop resides in Portland, Oregon, a city that, contrary to right-wing opinion, is not constantly on fire, and where people go to brunch instead of church.

Cara Marsh Sheffler is a New York-based writer, translator, and editor. Her writing has appeared in many publications, including The Guardian and VICE. As one half of ¡AGITPOP! Press, she collaborates with visual artist Johannah Herr. Their most recent full-length book is a revisitation to the World’s Fair, “I Have Seen the Future: Official Guide.” Sheffler’s writing in it was described by The New York Times as “enthusiastically caustic.” You can find more of her work at www.caramarshsheffler.com.

Amy Schiller researches, writes, and consults at the intersection of political theory and philanthropy. She is currently an Associate Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College. Her research applies Hannah Arendt and other theorists to contemporary philanthropic practices and discourses to uncover ways in which philanthropy creates and destroys the common world. Alongside her philanthropy commentary, Dr. Schiller’s teaching and her writing for The Atlantic, The Nation, The American Prospect, and The Daily Beast have addressed matters of race, gender, popular culture, and electoral politics. She holds a Ph.D. from CUNY Graduate Center and has taught at Brooklyn College and the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.

Jacob Plitman is the publisher of Jewish Currents. Follow him on Twitter @JacobPlitman.

Maria Farrell is an Irish writer and keynote speaker on technology and the future. Now based in London, she has worked in tech policy for twenty years in Paris, Brussels, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. Follow her on Twitter @MariaFarrell.