Maya Schenwar

Maya Schenwar is director of the Truthout Center for Grassroots Journalism. Maya is a cofounder of the Movement Media Alliance and Media Against Apartheid and Displacement. She lives in Chicago.

Maya Schenwar writes about

State Power Culture, Media & Education Land, Labor & Extraction Borders & Empire State Power

Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the cruelty of the death penalty

Maya Schenwar
Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the cruelty of the death penalty

It’s time for progressive philanthropy to commit to funding journalism

Lara Witt Maya Schenwar
It’s time for progressive philanthropy to commit to funding journalism

5 ways movement media will play a vital role in challenging fascism

Maya Schenwar Lara Witt
A protester holds a sign that says, "This movement kills fascism."

Movement media organizations are coming together to build power

Lara Witt Maya Schenwar
Movement media organizations are coming together to build power

Media Against Apartheid & Displacement uplifts journalism for a free Palestine

Lara Witt Maya Schenwar
color digital collage of a blue and white keffiyeh pattern around the border. in the center is an outline drawing of a hand h