Selected Work

Climate & Science Reporting

Illinois is going all in on battery storage. What will that mean? / Inside Climate News

As the data center boom ramps up in the Midwest, what should communities expect? / Inside Climate News

Wetlands help remedy agricultural pollution. Some Illinois farmers are installing new ones / Inside Climate News

Illinois’ governor has led on climate policy. Here’s how experts assess his work so far / Inside Climate News

Severe weather, uncertain funding: Emergency managers face an uphill battle / Inside Climate News

The strange, controversial history of electroconvulsive therapy / Vox’s magazine vertical, The Highlight

Politics & Foreign Policy

The New Republic author page / The New Republic

For Palestinian Oudist Huda Asfour, performance brings catharsis — and frustration / The Guardian

An art exhibit that wants to change the way you think about the Syrian refugee crisis / Vox

Sisi won Egypt’s election. That doesn’t mean he’s safe / Vox

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s mysterious disappearance, explained / Vox

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process is dead. An expert explains why / Vox

How Ahed Tamimi became an international icon / Vox

The controversial US Jerusalem embassy opening, explained / Vox

The US Jerusalem embassy opening and Gaza border protests, in photos / Vox

Cairo’s day of rage / Bloomberg Businessweek

Shocked, scared, and still divided / Bloomberg Businessweek

In Pro-Sisi Mansoura, youth avoid the polls / Mada Masr

Bahrain and the Kissinger Cables / Jadaliyya

The Bahrain uprising, in pictures / Jadaliyya

The Iraq war is not done / East Bay Express

Vox author page / Vox

Books & Literary Culture

An interview with Najwan Darwish about writing in times of war / The Guardian

A “hidden and deliciously obvious” history of Levantine cuisine / The Nation (print and online)

The #MeToo movement, the Junot Díaz allegations and the literary world / Vox

Breaking through the din / Guernica Magazine

Six banned Middle Eastern books you should read / VICE

Waiting for Egypt’s next revolution / Los Angeles Review of Books

So many ways of knowing / Los Angeles Review of Books

An interview with Mona Prince, author of Ismi Thoura / ArabLit

Miscellaneous Reporting

Meet the Bay Area residents fighting discrimination on public transit / The Atlantic

Affordable Care Act reporting in the Central Valley (various pieces) / The California Health Report

Profile of Lauren Rodriguez (magazine cover) / The California Health Report