Tory Stephens

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Climate Storytelling | Husband, Dad, Hopeful Wu-Tang Clan Member 🤞🏾 | Publishing and curating climate fiction stories @grist.org Former @HealthPolicyHub / Community Catalyst

Event poster for a virtual panel titled "Radical Possibility: How Climate Fiction Can Create Better Futures." The background features a lush, surreal illustration of a figure standing at the edge of a circular portal surrounded by colorful, organic plant and fungal forms in purples, greens, oranges, and reds. The Grist logo appears in the upper right. Below the illustration, panel speakers are listed: Vandana Singh, Tory Stephens, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Wole Talabi. The event takes place June 10, 2026 on Zoom, 8am PT / 11am ET, in partnership with ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination.
Photo of a An ethylene oxide warning sign is seen at the Santa Teresa facility. Ivan Pierre Aguirre / Grist
Photo of Cindy Martinez sweeping the street as her granddaughter, Emerie, plays. Their home is directly behind the Cardinal Health warehouse in East El Paso."
A photo of a neighborhood where the backyards are right up against a Cardinal Health warehouse in El Paso Texas. the two spaces look starkly different.
Solomon Kahoʻohalahala speaks at the International Seabed Authority in Jamaica. He was invited to attend by Greenpeace and received the advocacy organization’s observer status. Courtesy of Solomon Kahoʻohalahala
Types of deep-sea mining. by Amelia K. Bates / Grist A ship is on the water and it has three wires that are connected to three digging machines that are anywhere from 800 meters to 6,000 long.
Solomon Kahoʻohalahala holds a rope on Hōkūleʻa during a sail from Tahiti to Marquesas in 1987. The sail was called Hōkūleʻa’s “Voyage of Re-discovery.” Courtesy of Solomon Kahoʻohalahala And olomon Kaho’ohalahala speaks during a launch event for the Greenpeace report “30×30: From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea,” aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise in Long Beach, California, in 2023. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images
A deep sea mining boat at port, at sunset or sunrise.
A shelf with a variety of canned goods and a Please donate food large can for drop off items sits heavily in the photo frame.
A man at a food bank in a red shirt is touching a box labeled, "fresh vegetables." The man has tattoo's on his arm, and a beard.
n July 1, 2024, the Court ruled in a 6–3 decision that presidents have absolute immunity for acts committed as president within their core constitutional purview, at least presumptive immunity for official acts within the outer perimeter of their official responsibility, and no immunity for unofficial acts.