EDUARDO was born in Phoenix and grew up in the United States, Mexico, and Belgium. He writes “Being There” on Substack and has a regular column in The Guardian. Eduardo worked for nearly two decades at The New York Times, and he also wrote for The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Opinion and The Washington Post. He has reported from Tokyo and London, São Paulo and Mexico City. He is the author of American Poison (2020), on how racial hostility shaped the American social contract, and The Price of Everything (2011), an exploration of the cost-benefit analyses that underpin human behaviors and institutions. He splits his time between Mexico City and Brooklyn.