SELECTED WORK

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

A RECKONING INSIDE THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MOVEMENT 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 Nation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HOW A RIGHT-WING POLITICAL MACHINE IS DISMANTLING HIGHER EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA 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 Is Republican Representative Ken Ivory trying to save rural counties, or defraud them?