Articles by Senior Staff Writer Anita Hofschneider
Anita Hofschneider is a senior staff writer at Grist based in Honolulu. She is Chamorro from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and spent a decade reporting on local news in Hawaiʻi before joining Gristʻs Indigenous affairs desk. Her work has won dozens of awards, and she was most recently named a finalist for the Livingston Award for Young Journalists.
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![Traffic is seen on a busy highway in Honolulu, Hawai'i.]()
![Traffic is seen on a busy highway in Honolulu, Hawai'i.]()
Hawaii’s youth-led climate change lawsuit is going to trial next summer
The plaintiffs, most of them Indigenous youth, say the state’s highway projects promote greenhouse gas emissions and threaten their constitutional rights.
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![A resident walks through tidal water in the Marshall Islands]()
![A resident walks through tidal water in the Marshall Islands]()
Federal agencies often neglect U.S. territories. New legislation aims to fix that.
The bill would bolster expertise in territories as island communities face increasing threats from climate change.
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![A sign at the entrance to The Grassy Narrows First Nations Reserve.]()
![A sign at the entrance to The Grassy Narrows First Nations Reserve.]()
Mercury pollution is worsening a mental health crisis in this Indigenous community
"Our way of life has been totally destroyed.”
