Amanda Carpenter is a writer and editor at Protect Democracy, where she focuses on stopping the rise of authoritarianism and strengthening democratic institutions. She joined Protect Democracy in 2023. Previously, she was a contributor to The Bulwark from 2020 to 2023 and a political contributor on CNN from 2015 to 2021. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Politico, The Washington Post, The New York Times Book Review, Refinery29, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan.