Liberating the Media
Co-published with Nonprofit Quarterly. As journalism struggles to survive, enormously rich owners behave like neglectful parents—often ultimately disowning the very news entities they’ve helped to prop up for years.
The Price of a Gunshot
A Retort to the Toxic Myth of the Self-Made in America
Co-published with Nieman Reports. Alissa Quart on the reporting behind her book “Bootstrapped."
Elderly and Imprisoned: ‘I Don’t Count It as Living, Only Existing.’
Co-published with The New York Times. Decades of tough-on-crime sentencing and increasingly rigid release policies have left many to grow old in a system that was not designed to accommodate them.
Persecution in the Name of the Lord
Co-published with Esquire. Publicly funded Christian colleges and universities across the U. S. have long exploited a legal loophole to control and discriminate against LGBTQ+ students with impunity— inflicting financial pain and emotional trauma in the process. Now
How the U.S. Shames and Blames People for Poverty
Co-published with Teen Vogue. And what we can do about it.
Denise’s Last Days
Co-published with Slate. A woman who lived her life homeless in Los Angeles almost got the help she needed. Her story shows everything could be different.
Hell in the SRO: A Veteran’s True Story
ASJA Writing Award Winner, Best First-Person Essay | In a building teeming with addiction and violence, it dawned on me: The VA is not in the business of serving veterans like me.
The Trauma Of Homelessness Doesn’t End Under A Roof
Co-published with Defector. The “struggle to feel safe” is one of the most prevalent issues a psychiatrist says he sees amongst his clients, even once they are housed.
Traumatic Pregnancies Are Awful. Dobbs Will Make That So Much Worse.
Co-published with The Washington Post. Some pregnancies and births are difficult enough to give mothers PTSD. When a pregnancy is unwanted, the physical and psychological strains will be even more severe.
Inequity in Maternal Health Care Left Me With Undiagnosed Postpartum PTSD
Co-published with Parents Magazine. The condition impacts up to 17 percent of birthing people, but it's often underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially among lower-income patients.
Finding The Connection Between Trauma And Chronic Homelessness
Co-published with Defector. Greg Turner instinctively answers my question about when his homelessness started, with the earliest memory that he can claim about his life.
