SELECTED STORIES:
“The Homes of Lowndes County, Ala., Are Waiting”/ The New York Times
On the decades-long struggle against environmental racism
“Zora Neale Hurston’s Hometown Is In Peril” / The New York Times
On historic Black towns and their preservation
“A Perfect Storm” / Grist
For Louisiana nursing home residents warehoused during Hurricane Ida, the storm was only the start of a deadly nightmare
“Sean O’Brien’s Summer of the Strike” / The Washington Post
On the Teamsters’ bid to halt the gig-ification of the economy
"A Town Under Trial" / The Oxford American
Investigating what an unsolved double murder in Kentucky reveals about the military-industrial complex
“The EPA needs to humble itself” / The Guardian
Why some US nonprofits are turning down agency funds
“Meet the group lobbying against climate regulations—using your utility bill” / Grist
“Sick because of Round-Up? These bills could make suing impossible” / The New Republic
“Can an ambitious public university still be a place for all students?” / The New York Times
On power plays at Stony Brook University
"How has Chinatown stayed Chinatown?" / New York
Against all odds, an ethnic monolith still exists within the most gentrified island on Earth
"Amazon Is an Infrastructure Company" / Intelligencer
"No Slouch" / The Paris Review Daily
On "The Second Coming", our most thoroughly pillaged poem
“Mapping Africatown: Albert Murray and His Hometown” / The Paris Review Daily