Journalism

Currently, Marianne Dhenin is a contributing writer at Truthout and the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s SavingPlaces.org. They are also an assistant editor at the Urban History Association’s blog, The Metropole. Their award-winning writing has also appeared in The New RepublicTeen VogueHigh Country NewsAtmos MagazineLife & Thyme, and other publications. From 2023 until the magazine sunset in June 2025, Marianne was a contributing writer at Yes! Magazine.

Awards

The Rise and Fall of a North African Wine Giant, Wine Enthusiast, selected as a finalist for the 2023 International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award for Best Narrative Beverage Writing

Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural Struggle, Life & Thyme, nominated for a 2022 James Beard Foundation Media Award for Best Investigative Reporting

Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural Struggle, Life & Thyme, awarded the 2021 International Association of Culinary Professionals Food Writing Award for Best Narrative Food Writing

Selected Clips

Palestine

As Israel commits genocide in Gaza, I have ramped up my reporting on Palestine. If you’re also a writer interested in organizing for Palestinian liberation, consider joining The National Writers Union.

St. Louis Says “Not Another Nickel” to Human Rights Violators, Yes! Magazine

California Ethnic Studies Bill Aims to Censor Palestine-Related Education, Truthout

The World We Owe Gaza, Yes! Magazine

“My Pen Is My Weapon Against the Occupation”: Palestinian Writers Resist Israel’s Genocide, Truthout

The War Profiteers Who Are Quashing Gaza Dissent on Campus, The New Republic

California Educators Are Resisting Anti-Palestine Bills Pushing “Academic Police State,” Truthout

Changing the Narrative on Palestine, Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement, Yes! Magazine

US Teachers Pushed Their Union to Divest From Israel. What Happened?, Truthout

Palestine’s Jordan River Drained of Water and Livelihood, Atmos

Ending Water Apartheid in Palestine, Yes! Magazine

Reporting From the Front Lines of a Genocide, Yes! Magazine

Why Gaza’s Dire Water Crisis Has Been Decades in the Making, The Telegraph

Palestine and the West Bank Agricultural StruggleLife & Thyme

Local Ingredients are Personal for Palestine’s Craft Brewers, Wine Enthusiast

Disability

Trump’s Budget Would Limit Investigations Into Abuse, Neglect of Disabled People, Truthout

Escalating Anti-Homeless Policies Fall Hardest on Disabled People in the US, Truthout

Disabled People Still Face Barriers to Online Voter Registration in Most States, Truthout

Hurricane Milton Confirmed What Disabled Citizens Feared Most, Atmos

Improving Access to the Polls for Disabled Voters Is Easier Than You Think, Next City

GOP Is Targeting Disabled Alabamians With Voting Restrictions, Truthout

How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy, Yes! Magazine

Why Disability Justice Activists Have Joined the Movement to Stop Cop City, Yes! Magazine

School Shooter Drills Ignore Disabled Students and Staff, Teen Vogue

How Disabled People Are Left Behind in Climate Disasters, The New Republic

Playgrounds for All, Stanford Social Innovation Review

Climate and Environment

Activists Take Back the Climate, Yes! Magazine

A New Podcast Explores the Almeda Drive Fire’s AftermathHigh Country News

Greta Thunberg on Her Gap Year Climate Change Tour, Joe Biden, and Turning 18Teen Vogue

Generation Climate Is Making The Crisis An Issue In Local ElectionsHuffington Post (this article first appeared in Drilled News)

Food and Agriculture

How to Sell a Sea Vegetable, Offrange

Cannabis Workers Speak Out, Offrange

The Rise and Fall of a North African Wine GiantWine Enthusiast

Russian Markets and Delis Continue to Connect Slavic Families to Centuries-Old Tastes and TraditionsPBS SoCal | KCET

A New Generation of Craft Brewers Rises in the Middle EastAFAR

Revitalizing Yemeni CoffeeAtmos Magazine