How Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Is Bridging Boston’s Racial Divide
She’s hoping an environmental crisis can bring us all together. Boston, August 2017.
How Privatizing Water Systems Costs Taxpayers -- & Endangers Them
A yearlong investigation by Heavy found that privatized water management has been a disaster for American towns. Heavy.com, February 7, 2018.
Covering Climate Change, With Urgency and Creativity
A look at news outlets bringing innovation, urgency and new audiences to stories on climate change. Nieman Reports, August 28, 2017.
Covering Sexual Assault
Reporting on rape and sexual assault challenges journalists to build trust with sources and avoid injecting bias into the story. Nieman Reports, March 15, 2017.
Spy Lab
How a team of Harvard geeks is using satellites—plus a little help from George Clooney—to rewrite the rules of humanitarianism. Boston Globe Magazine, April 29, 2012.
Vermont Vs. Vermont Yankee
Should states or the rubber-stamp NRC decide whether nuclear plants should continue to operate? The Nation, January 11, 2012.
Failing the Test
Massachusetts is one of only two states that doesn't allow inmates access to DNA evidence to prove their innocence. A long-contested bill may finally change that. Boston Globe Magazine, November 18, 2011.
Up in Smoke
For decades in Massachusetts, arson investigations have depended more on instinct than science. It's anyone's guess how many innocent people are still in jail. Boston, March 2011.
Perfect Crimes
For immigrant victims of sexual abuse, justice is nearly impossible to come by. Boston, December 2010.
The Long Shadow of Willie Horton
The legacy of one governor's leniency has sentenced hundreds of prisoners to life.Boston Globe Magazine, October 18, 2009.
The Case Against Coke
A global, grassroots campaign against Coca-Cola is using product bans and lawsuits to shed light on the corporate giant's exploitation and brutality in Colombia, India, and elsewhere. The Nation, April 13, 2006.