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Magazine Features

Politics, sports and true crime… sometimes all at once.

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.
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.
Home Court

Home Court

In this chronicle of the struggles of African Americans to play tennis in the segregated South, a five-year-old novice meets a doctor who changes history by building a clay court in his backyard. Will someone please make this into a movie?!
Return Game

Return Game

Wonder why the tennis world hates Maria Sharapova so much? Read my behind-the-scenes ...