I’m an award-winning reporter, editor, and communications strategist based out of Chicago, IL.
I produce rigorous accountability journalism that unpacks the inequitable systems shaping our world. My reporting has appeared in outlets like Business Insider, the Guardian, ProPublica Illinois, and the New York Times.
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I also offer opposition research and communications consulting services for progressive candidates, with a track record of helping underdogs run—and win—on a vision of what our neighborhoods need.
I specialize in deep dives that combine data and document-combing with long-form narrative. I report and edit high-impact investigations that have been cited in Congressional hearings and helped drive new legislation and regulations.
Business Insider, July 2023
"The Subprime Solar Trap for Low-Income Homeowners," Bloomberg Green
"The House Jim Crow Built," The Chicago Reader
"On Poisoned Ground," the Baffler
"Game of Homes," In These Times
"Diversion Programs Offer a Path Away from Court, but the Tolls Are Hefty," ProPublica Illinois
"Public Pensions Invest Big in Blackstone's Controversial Rental Properties," Al Jazeera America
I also report and edit news and features on topics like climate, housing and labor.
"Like Airbnb, but for Flophouses," the New Republic, June 2021
"Fed Lending Saved Corporate America. It Could Do the Same for Cities and States." The Intercept, October 2020
"When Shelter Comes Down to the Luck of the Draw," the Nation, June 2020
"Renters in Turmoil as State and Federal Relief Measures Fall Short," Huffington Post, April 2020
"Landlords Illegally Evicting Tenants, Despite Federal Restrictions," the American Prospect, April 2020
"Amidst Covid-19 Closures, Illinois Used Nearly 50 Facilities for Low-Income Seniors in Chicago as Polling Sites Tuesday," the Intercept, March 2020
"House Dems Poised to Rubber-Stamp the 'Achilles Heel' of Dodd-Frank," December 2019
"Chicago Teachers and Staff Walk Out for Community Needs," the American Prospect, October 2019
"Luxury Student Housing Further Divides Rich and Poor on College Campuses," USA Today/ the Hechinger Report, Aug. 2019
"Angry About Low Pay and Sweltering Heat, These Amazon Workers Are Organizing," In These Times, July 2019
"How Lenders Are Turning Low-Level Courts into Dickensian 'Debt Collection Mills,'" the Intercept, February 2018
"Planned Parenthood's Union-busting Could Have a Chilling Effect for Workers Everywhere," In These Times, June 2018
"The Tamale Underground," In These Times, September 2014
"Under Local Laws, 911 Calls Turn Domestic Violence Victims into 'Nuisances,'" Al Jazeera America, Dec. 2019
And every once in awhile, I write essays, analysis and things that might qualify as “fun”.
"Socialism and the City," In These Times, September 2021
"Steve Mnuchin Is a Dunce," with David Dayen, the Intercept
"They're Still Redlining," Jacobin
"Bargaining with Silicon Valley," Dissent
"Sim City and the Worst Ways to End Homelessness," In These Times