Sweig is an award-winning author of books on Cuba, Latin America and American foreign policy. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, the Financial Times, the Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, The Nation and The National Interest.. Sweig is the host of the ABC News podcast “In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson” and the author of “Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight,” published in 2021.