Lauren is managing editor at RH Reality Check. Previously she was the activism and gender editor at AlterNet and staff writer at Philanthropy News Digest. She’s been published in outlets including Salon, Shareable, the Washington Post’s Who Runs Gov project, the Santa Fe Reporter, and Change.org’s Economic Justice blog.

Originally from Texas, Lauren has a complicated relationship with her home state, but she will always be loyal to its biscuits. She lives in Brooklyn with her boyfriend and two cats.