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I’m proud to share an investigation I published this week in The Intercept, on a little-known but widespread practice that involves stripping seniors of…

Jul 7, 2020

Yesterday was a very exciting day — Vox.com announced that I would be joining them next month as a senior reporter covering domestic social policy. It’s…

Mar 10

And Biden's School Reopening Goal

Feb 10, 2021

The end of the year is always a rare time for me to pause and consider what I’ve been doing, and what I should be doing. I’ve also been spending time…

Dec 30, 2021

And a look at educators organizing against "anti-CRT" laws

Jan 25

And how that came to be

Mar 14, 2021

And a campaign to bring free prison + jail calls to New York state

Oct 20, 2021

From early November through the end of February I worked on this piece for The New Republic’s April issue and yesterday it went online. I set out to…

Mar 29

I don’t like to send out emails saying, “[x] is a major crisis!” because I worry the news industry does this too much for things that are not actually…

Apr 3

Hello! 👋 I have been meaning to send out an update sooner, but April and now May has slipped away more quickly than I expected, so I apologize for…

May 10

Thank you to everyone who sent me really thoughtful feedback earlier this month, it was very helpful! And I appreciated it. I hope you’re all getting…

Dec 28, 2020

Jun 16, 2021

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