David is the co-founder of Sludge and executive director of the Participatory Politics Foundation. PPF created OpenCongress, the most-visited nonprofit site for tracking bills and campaign donations in the U.S. Congress. Later open-source projects included AskThem and NYC Councilmatic. David is based in Brooklyn, NY.
Katherine Knisely is a research assistant at the Center for Media and Democracy and a senior at the University of St. Andrews, where she studies Modern History. Her research focuses on the global climate and water crises, as well as American foreign policy.
David A. Super is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Economics at Georgetown University Law Center, where he studies constitutional, legislative, and administrative law.
Ashley is a research assistant with the Center for Media and Democracy. She is a senior in Journalism/Legal Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Colleen Scerpella is a research assistant with the Center for Media and Democracy. Her previous research experiences centered around political violence, right-wing extremism, and humanitarian coordination. She graduated from Boston College in 2023 with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Studies.
Nancy MacLean is the William H. Chafe distinguished professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University and author most recently of ‘Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America’. Prof. MacLean serves on the board of the Center for Media and Democracy.
Alice Herman is a contributor with The Center for Media and Democracy and The Guardian. Previously, she reported on labor and the workplace as a Leonard C. Goodman investigative reporting fellow with In These Times. Hailing from Madison, Wisconsin, Herman has covered Wisconsin politics for local and national political outlets including The Progressive. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Grinnell College.