How I Became A Modern Bootlegger
Co-published with Literary Hub. “Even after 25 years in journalism, I never knew humanity the way I did working at a strip club and moving product.”
How I Went From Living in a Homeless Shelter in Queens to Being a Published Author
Co-published with Fast Company. In the first in our new series with Fast Company, author Alex Miller tells the story of how his New School professor helped him get published when he had lost all hope.
Going for Broke: Making Up Our Minds
Co-published with PRX’s To the Best of Our Knowledge. Post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health challenges can push people into poverty.
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.
I’m a Military Widow. I’ll Lose My Benefits if I Remarry
Co-published with TIME. Karie Fugett writes about the rule that penalizes many surviving spouses for finding love again.
Third Squad, Episode 8: “Bad Paper”
Co-published with the Third Squad Podcast. In Sangin, Afghanistan, Scott McEtchin told Elliott Woods that he joined the Marines to get his life together after a bout of teenage trouble. But trouble wasn’t far behind when McEtchin
37,000 U.S. Veterans Are Homeless. I Was One of Them.
Co-published with Newsweek. So many veterans who leave the tangle of war end up on America's streets, still fighting daily for their survival.
John Koopman: Stars and Stripes and Strip Clubs
Co-published with The Nation. How a war correspondent found himself bouncing rowdy customers at a strip club—and what came next.
My Husband Was a Veteran Living in Shame. He Died From an Opioid Addiction.
Co-published with Vox. If the administration wants to help vets, they should address the stigma around pain and trauma.
Love and War
Co-published with The Washington Post. I owe my new life to my Marine husband's hideous death. I pay the price every day.