SELECTED WORK

GREETINGS FROM PORTLAND
The Nation
The pandemic and the protests have left the city reeling. What kind of recovery comes next? (Finalist for the Livingston Awards.)

THE CRACKDOWN
The Nation and the Pulitzer Center (cover story)
For decades, abortion was considered a private matter in Ecuador. Now women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.

WHEN ICE COMES TO TOWN
Rolling Stone
A quiet corner of eastern Tennessee is turned upside down by Trump’s immigration forces.

‘THESE KIDS ARE WATCHING THEIR PARENTS DIE’
The Nation (cover story)
For children growing up in the shadow of the opioid crisis, public schools have become the safety net of last resort. (Finalist for the Livingston Awards and the National Awards for Education Reporting.)

WHAT'S KILLING AMERICA'S BLACK INFANTS?
The Nation (cover story)
Racism is fueling a national health crisis. (James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism.)

AMERICA'S PLASTICS BOOM
The Nation (cover story)
Thanks to fracking, petrochemical giants are poised to make the plastic pollution crisis much, much worse.

A RECKONING INSIDE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MOVEMENT
The Nation
Domestic abuse presents a deadly threat to millions of people across America. But as concerns about police misconduct grow, feminists are reconsidering the costs of criminalization.

THE JOURNEYS OF URSULA K. LE GUIN
The Nation
A profile.

AMERICAN DECAY
The Nation
The consequences of treating dental care like a luxury good.

CAN SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY HELP DEMOCRATS RECLAIM THE HEALTH CARE NARRATIVE?
The Nation (cover story)
A profile.

ALONE ON THE RANGE
The Nation
A dispatch from the early days of the Bundy’s armed occupation in Oregon.

‘STOP AND FRISK FOR LATINOS’
The Nation (cover story)
Indiscriminate stops and mobile fingerprinting in the Big Easy.

LIBRARIANS VS. THE NSA
The Nation (cover story)
Your local library is on the front lines against government surveillance.

THE US DROPPED 67 NUCLEAR BOMBS ON THEIR COUNTRY. NOW THEY'RE DYING IN OKLAHOMA.
Narratively
For immigrants from the Marshall Islands, the American dream comes with a catch.

HOW A RIGHT-WING POLITICAL MACHINE IS DISMANTLING HIGHER EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA
The Nation
What began as isolated ideological attacks is looking more and more like a wholesale gutting of the state’s public colleges.

MEET THE ‘SNAKE-OIL SALESMAN’ FROM UTAH WHO WANTS TO TRANSFORM THE AMERICAN WEST
The Nation
Is Republican Representative Ken Ivory trying to save rural counties, or defraud them?