
Linda Villarosa
Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine; Author, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of our Nation
Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality, and public health. Her 2018 cover story for the magazine "Why America's Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life or Death Crisis" was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. Villarosa is also a contributor to The New York Times Magazine’s 1619 Project. Her book Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation will be published by Doubleday in June 2022. Villarosa is a journalist in residence and associate professor at the City University of New York.