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. You can reach her at [email protected]
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![man holding a sign that reads President Trump make commercial fishing great again]()
![man holding a sign that reads President Trump make commercial fishing great again]()
Trump wants to unleash ‘America First’ fishing. What’s he really doing?
As the administration dismantles guardrails for industrial fishing, it's also threatening critical marine ecosystems that are sacred to Indigenous Pacific peoples.
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![collage of Daria Egereva on dark gray background with red lines]()
![collage of Daria Egereva on dark gray background with red lines]()
UN officials urge Russia to free Indigenous climate advocate
Daria Egereva and her colleague have been jailed for six months. A growing chorus of voices wants them released at a court hearing Thursday.
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![scattered branches, trash, and damaged homes in an aerial photo]()
![scattered branches, trash, and damaged homes in an aerial photo]()
Pacific Islanders slowly recover from the strongest storm of the year
More than a month after Sinlaku hit the Western Pacific, the death toll stands at 17 and many families remain without stable housing or electricity.
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![Aluki Kotierk (on screens and third from left at dais), Inuk leader from Canada and former President of Nunavut Tunngavik, chairs the closing meeting of the 25th Session of Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on May 1, 2026.]()
![Aluki Kotierk (on screens and third from left at dais), Inuk leader from Canada and former President of Nunavut Tunngavik, chairs the closing meeting of the 25th Session of Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on May 1, 2026.]()
The uncertain future of the UN’s leading voice on Indigenous rights
The U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is facing questions about its effectiveness amid a broader U.N. budget crisis.
