Sylvia A. Harvey reports at the intersection of race, class, and policy. Her work has appeared in The Nation, VQR, Elle, Colorlines, the Feminist Wire, the New York Post, and more. She is the recipient of a National Headliner Award and a National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence award. A native of Oakland, California, she holds a BA degree in sociology from Columbia University and a MS in journalism from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism.