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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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.
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Indigenous peoples bear the brunt of climate change — and get almost none of the money to fight it
Billion-dollar climate funds have structural barriers that keep Indigenous peoples from accessing them. Advocates say that's not a bug, it's a feature.
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At the UN, Indigenous leaders tackle how to enforce global climate court rulings
The gap between what international courts say and what governments do is stark.
