Adam Harris

Adam Harris is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he has covered education and national politics since 2018, and the author of The State Must Provide, a narrative history of racial inequality in higher education. He was previously a reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education where he covered federal education policy and historically black colleges and universities. He is a 2021 New America Fellow, was named to the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and was the recipient of the Rising Star Award by the News Media Alliance. His writing has also appeared in BBC, Bleacher Report, ProPublica, and EBONY.