Leah Hunt-Hendrix

Hunt-Hendrix was born and raised in New York City. She is the daughter of Helen LaKelly Hunt and Harville Hendrix. Her sister, Haela Hunt-Hendrix, is the founder of American metal band Liturgy. She is also the granddaughter of Texas oil tycoon H.L. Hunt and niece of Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt.[4]

In 2005, Hunt-Hendrix received a bachelor's degree in political science and governance from Duke University. In 2013, she completed a doctorate in religion, ethics and politics at Princeton University, where she wrote on the concept of solidarity. Jeffrey Stout, Eric Gregory, and Cornel West were her Ph.D. advisors.[5][6]

She was a participant in the Occupy Wall Street movement.[7][8] She founded three activist organizations: Solidaire, Way to Win, and the Emergent Fund.[9][10] Solidaire was founded in 2013 to support racial and economic justice.[11] Way to Win was founded after Donald Trump's election in 2016 to give money to grassroots progressive organizations in swing states.[12]

Hunt-Hendrix has written articles for The Nation magazine[13] in addition to The New Republic[14] and Politico.[15] In an opinion piece in 2022, Hunt-Hendrix argued that the Democratic Party should embrace an inclusive form of populism and advocate for policies that benefit working-class people.[16]

She has lived in New York, Egypt, Syria, the West Bank, and San Francisco. She now resides in Washington, D.C.[17]

• Democracy Alliance
• Institute for Policy Studies
• New Economy Coalition