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Wilt/Nixon

Wilt/Nixon

I'm thrilled to make a return to Politico Magazine with this look back at the 1968 GOP Convention, and how Richard Nixon recruited the biggest baskebtall star in the world to woo Black voters. Wilt Chamberlain was pilloried for his embrace of Nixon. But more than fifty years later, voters may be on the cusp of vindicating him.
WINNER: Best Magazine Writing

WINNER: Best Magazine Writing

My debut in Smithsonian Magazine is this strange but true thriller about the swashbuckling 18th Century naturalist Andre Michaux, and the friendship with Thomas Jefferson that nearly ruined him. Hear a podcast, too.
The Demagogue

The Demagogue

A profile in GQ of the alt.right's most surprising survivor.
Hollywood East, The Sequel: The fight over NC Film

Hollywood East, The Sequel: The fight over NC Film

A GOP tax revolt chased the film industry out of North Carolina. I report from Wilmington on the unlikely sequel that's unfolding.
WINNER: Major News Event

WINNER: Major News Event

What's behind the advice sold by advocates for Truth & Reconciliation Commissions? In this award-winning deep dive for Mother Jones, Peter Keating and I reveal the conflicts-of-interest and agendas driving the far-flung Truth & Reconciliation Complex.
Politico: The Massacre That Spawned The Alt.Right

Politico: The Massacre That Spawned The Alt.Right

In 1979, an alliance of Klansmen and neo-Nazis formed in Greensboro, NC. America would never be the same.