Rakim Brooks
Rakim Brooks is a public interest appellate lawyer and the president of Alliance for Justice. As a contributor to Democracy Docket, Brooks writes about issues relating to our state and federal courts as well as reforms to our judicial systems.
Jessica Pishko
Jessica Pishko is an independent journalist and lawyer who focuses on how the criminal justice system and how law enforcement intersects with political power. As a contributor to Democracy Docket, Pishko writes about the criminalization of elections and how sheriffs in particular have become a growing threat to democracy.
Charlotte Hill
Charlotte Hill is the interim director of the Democracy Policy Initiative at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy. As a contributor to Democracy Docket, Hill writes about how structural reforms impact American democracy.
Katy Shanahan
Katy Shanahan is an attorney and activist in her home state of Ohio where she continues to fight for fair maps and expansive voting laws in the Buckeye State. As a contributor to Democracy Docket, Shanahan writes about the state of voting rights in Ohio as well as redistricting both in Ohio and across the country.
Delilah Agho-Otoghile
Delilah Agho-Otoghile is the executive director of the Texas Future Project and co-founder of Vote Simple. As a contributor to Democracy Docket, Agho-Otoghile writes about the state of voting rights and democracy in her home state of Texas.