journalism
a selection of published clips covering reported stories, artist interviews, profiles, and feature writing; political, social, and cultural commentary; arts and culture coverage; and more.
d i g i t a l b y l i n e s :
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reporting
& explainers:
In These Times | Class and Gaza Contradictions on Display at the DNC as Harris Looks to Labor to Defeat Trump
Teen Vogue | Student Debt Stories: High Interest, Debt Strikes, Generational Debt, and More
In These Times | In Missouri, Autoworkers Are Fighting for the Future of the Industry
Teen Vogue | What Is Private Equity and How Does It Work?
In These Times | On Chicago’s Northwest Side, Socialists Are Wielding Power in a Whole New Way
New York Times | As Student Loans Come Due Again, Many Borrowers Lose A Lifeline
Teen Vogue | Biden and Student Loan Forgiveness: What’s Next and What Are the Legal Barriers?
The Cut | 9 Trans Missourians on Losing Gender-Affirming Care
Teen Vogue | Their Parents Were Incarcerated for Marijuana—Here’s How They Feel About Legalization
Teen Vogue | Student Loan Forgiveness Lawsuits: What to Know About the Legal Challenges
Teen Vogue | What It’s Like to Be a Teen Caring for Disabled Relatives
Teen Vogue | How Much Does DACA Cost? The Fees Mount for Recipients Over Time
Teen Vogue | Student Debt But No Degree: Millions of Americans Struggle in Limbo
Teen Vogue | Economic Disobedience: What Is It and How Does It Work?
Teen Vogue | Student Loan Interest Rates Mean Borrowers End Up Owing Thousands More Dollars
Teen Vogue | Union Busting: What Are Some of the Most Common Tactics Employers Use?
Teen Vogue | The National Welfare Rights Organization: These Black Women Shaped MLK’s Ideas About Poverty
Teen Vogue | The Montgomery Bus Boycott Proved the Power of Boycotts
Teen Vogue | Food Insecurity on Native Reservations Is Part of a History of Discrimination
Teen Vogue | Billionaires Barely Pay Taxes — Here’s How They Get Away With It
Teen Vogue | Strike Support: How You Can Help Striking Workers
Teen Vogue | What Is Disaster Capitalism? A Cycle of Crisis, Exploitation, and Privatization
Teen Vogue | How ‘Survival Crimes’ Land Young People in Jail
Teen Vogue | What Defines a Recession? How They Happen and How the Economy Recovers
Teen Vogue | What Is Climate Justice? A Framework for Understanding the World
Teen Vogue | For Undocumented Families, The COVID Recession Continues
Teen Vogue | Vaccine Nationalism: What Is It and How Is It Playing Out During COVID-19?
Teen Vogue | Fight for $15 Is Also About Forming a Union, St. Louis Workers Emphasize
Teen Vogue | Young People Living With Chronic Illness: The Tremendous Cost of Staying Alive in the U.S.
Mic | Philadelphia organizers are taking the housing justice fight to the next level
The Nation | How Brunch Helped Defeat a 7-Term Incumbent
profiles
& features:
Teen Vogue | Hollywood Failed Native People. Amber Midthunder is Fighting Back.
Artsy | Deborah Roberts’s Gripping Collages Reconfigure Black Girlhood
The Guardian | ‘I shouldn’t have to justify how I exist’: Democrat Mauree Turner on being boxed in by identity
VICE | Inside the Monthly Beat Battle Where Producers Are the Main Attraction
TheSTL.com | Shaping the Soundtrack of St. Louis: A Profile on Hometown Hip Hop Legend DJ Kut
ALIVE Magazine | Iron, Wood, Rock and Mirrors: The Evolution of the MBad African Bead Museum
ALIVE Magazine | A Song for Columbus: The Importance of Creature Comforts with Hanif Abdurraqib
ALIVE Magazine | Eve L. Ewing: On Writing, On Lineage, On Home
ALIVE Magazine | Danez Smith: A Minneapolis-Based Wordsmith On The American Poetry Renaissance
Q/A’s & reviews:
The Riverfront Times | Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Leader Sees Progress, Potential
Teen Vogue | The Union Drip Twitter Account Highlights the Style of the Labor Movement
St. Louis Magazine | KVtheWriter’s ‘Love Sucks!’ EP is an ode to failed love and a testament to friendships
The Riverfront Times | St. Louis Rapper Najii Person Focuses on Love and Relationships with ‘#@%! Is Forever’ EP
VICE | The Sex-Ed Duo ‘Taking Down White Supremacy One Orgasm at a Time’
The Riverfront Times | Wassan Al-Khudhairi Has Two Tasks: Get to Know St. Louis, and Move CAM Past Controversy
commentary
& essays:
Hammer & Hope | The Gift and Lesson of Rupture and Resistance Will Be Lost If It’s Neutralized
Teen Vogue | Financial Literacy Can’t Save Us From Capitalism
Mic | Here’s what it would look like if American actually prioritized voting
Mic | Congress is full of millionaires. Their wealth should be taxed to fund social programs.
Mic | Police officers are desperate to hold on to their power any way they can
Mic | Why more Black elected officials hasn’t necessarily meant better lives for Black Americans
The Establishment | Maybe Citizenship Is Bullshit: Thoughts On The Muslim Travel Ban
The Establishment | To Talk About Standing Rock, We Must Talk About Cultural Appropriation
The New Inquiry | Environmental Racism in St. Louis
The Establishment | The Insidious Problem of Racism ‘By Omission’
Medium | Reparations, Radicalism and Bernie: The Liberal Struggle
Feministing.com | On Korryn Gaines and Black Women Who Dare to Be Defiant
Feministing.com | Drake Who? Rihanna’s “Work” and Female Autonomy
Feministing.com | Defining Safety For All Queer People in the Wake of Orlando
Feministing.com | SNL’s “The Day Beyonce Turned Black” and America’s Continued Erasure of Black Women
Blavity | The anniversary of Mike Brown’s death is almost here and we still need to talk about this
Teen Vogue, Condé Nast
Economic Security Project Fellow, Politics
[ Author Page ] December 2020—December 2022
Mic.com
Politics Writer
[ Author Page ] September 2020—December 2020
TheSTL.com / STL Made
Regular Contributor
[ Author Page ] Febuary 2019—November 2020
ALIVE Magazine (Guided: St. Louis)
Arts and Culture Contributing Writer
[ Author Page ] Febuary 2016—May 2020
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