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 Republic, Teen Vogue, High Country News, Atmos Magazine, Life & 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 Struggle, Life & 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 Aftermath, High Country News
Greta Thunberg on Her Gap Year Climate Change Tour, Joe Biden, and Turning 18, Teen Vogue
Generation Climate Is Making The Crisis An Issue In Local Elections, Huffington 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 Giant, Wine Enthusiast
Russian Markets and Delis Continue to Connect Slavic Families to Centuries-Old Tastes and Traditions, PBS SoCal | KCET
A New Generation of Craft Brewers Rises in the Middle East, AFAR
Revitalizing Yemeni Coffee, Atmos Magazine