Parenting During a Pandemic
Co-published with The Nation. The coronavirus works like a highlighter, making our long-standing societal inequities more visible.
The Dignity of the Thrift Store
Co-published with Dame Magazine. During the season of abundance, one writer reflects on the days when bargain-hunting was a necessity for survival—and finds solace in the simplicity.
A Stay at Kings County
Co-published with The New York Review of Books. While for some their stays at Kings County may pave the way back to stability, many have daunting prognoses and face a healthcare system that all but guarantees
Nathaniel: Work in Progress
Co-published with Lenny. The story of one young person's journey through gender, depression, shelters, and all the rest.
Sunset Park Studio Squeeze for Artists
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Kate Hawes has been making custom solid wood furniture in Brooklyn for 20 years until her landlord decided to raise the rent by 25 percent in one year.
Right of Way: The Battle Over the BQX
Co-published with WNYC Studios. As the city moves forward with the light rail system, both sides are ramping up their campaigns for and against it.
C is for Childcare: English Class Offers Free Babysitting Too
Co-published with WNYC Studios. A new program in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is trying to make it easier for moms who don't speak English to improve their language skills.
Flagging It: A Sunset Park Resident’s Call For Unity
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Brooklyn resident Junior Allende is planting a flag — actually many of them — along the Fifth Avenue entrance to Sunset Park as a protest against gentrification.
Does This Avocado Toast Come With A Side of Gentrification?
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Businesses like Avocaderia are creating jobs in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. But at what cost?
Birth of the NYC Co-op. Thank You, Finland.
Co-published with WNYC Studios. To understand why cooperative apartments outnumber condos in NYC, you have to visit Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Sunset Park: So Hot Right Now
Co-published with WNYC Studios. It's a neighborhood that's developing fast — and how affordable it will be for residents and businesses is at stake. Here are four ways Sunset Park is changing.
And There They Died
Co-published with the New Republic. Cataloguing the makeshift memorials for the victims of New York City's gun violence.