I grew up in the Austin suburbs and graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. I co-own Discourse Blog, an independent, worker-owned website about politics and culture on the left, which my colleagues and I launched in the early weeks of March 2020. Not only do I write for the blog, but I’m our art director, and I edit our podcasts, too.

During the pandemic I also helped launch for Subtext, a politics and activism newsletter by AJ+, where I wrote about organizing, entertainment, and more. And most recently, I completed over two years at UTHealth Houston as a communications manager, where I planned and implemented comms strategies for three public health projects related to COVID-19 mitigation.

Previously, I was a staff writer at the now-shuttered politics website Splinter (RIP). Before that, I was an identity and immigration staff writer at the Daily Dot, where I reported on the intersections of racism, sexism, politics, and the internet. My bylines and reporting contributions include Vox, Texas Observer, Los Angeles Magazine, Death & Taxes, Revelist, Texts From Last Night, Austin Monthly, and Texas Monthly.

I love chewy flour tortillas with my breakfast tacos, borrowing ebooks, and traveling. Follow me on Bluesky or email me at samjgrasso [at] gmail.com.