Nika Knight is an assistant editor and staff writer for Common Dreams. Prior to joining Common Dreams in 2016, Nika worked as a freelance writer and German translator. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Grist, Guernica, Narratively, and other places. She recently finished an MFA in nonfiction writing and literary translation at Columbia, and she has translated works of German fiction for Seagull Books and New York Review Books. Email: nika@​commondreams.​org. On Twitter: @nikaknight