Alter is a national correspondent for TIME magazine and author of “The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America,” which was published this year. She has covered the 2016, 2018 and 2020 elections and is the co-host of “Alter Family Politics,” a weekly family talk show on Sirius XM. Alter’s work has also appeared in publications including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Harvard Crimson.