STORIES

My stories have appeared in BBC, Vice, Esquire, National Geographic, SuperRare, NY Observer, The Nation, Huffington Post, NPR’s This American Life, San Francisco Chronicle, and Wired.

Did I mention, I've written eight books?

I've also led editorial team for such companies as Wired, Dennis Publishing, Black Book, National Lampoon, and Future US.

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VICE Story Archive 4 year archive of stories for VICE

MEL Magazine Story Archive Feature stories ranging from politics to pop culture.

 

TECH

Code as Canvas: Ushering in a new genre of coding as art

Company Selling Your Social Media Photos to Law Enforcement Your Facebook photos might be used to train law enforcement A.I.

 

POLITICS

Growing Up With a Segregated Prom Let’s party like its 1899

Agent Provocateurs The long-sordid history of the FBI infiltrating black activist groups

 

SPORTS

Interview with Ronaldo I interview Brazilian football legend, Ronaldo: VICE Sports

 
 
 

TRAVEL

Dolomite Biking: Are You Experienced? Biking the Dolomites in Northern Italy and I end up crashing into a mountain

 

FEATURE STORIES

From Drug Smuggler to Prison Reform Former drug-smuggler who brought mindfulness meditation to prisons

Taco Bell Weddings Is there anything more American than getting married at Taco Bell–in Las Vegas?

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Right-Wing Comedy Is It the Fine Art of Punching Down?

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The Alex Jones Origin Story Alex Jones’ early days doing public access TV in Austin - told by the people who knew him

 
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App-Aged Weegee Photographing NYC crime scenes using the Citizen App.

 

NY Observer Story Archive Specializing in tech and politics

SuperRare Story Archive Digital Art, NFTs and Cryptocurrency

 

From commercial to crypto: on the evolution of artist Sam Spratt

LSD, Nuclear Weapons, and the Development of Facial Recognition The first version of facial recognition technology was funded by the CIA

 
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Keeping Jim Crow Alive Georgia is using voter suppression to game the system against African Americans

 

A Lot Less Mayhem I interview former #1 skateboarder in the world, Tas Pappas: VICE Sports

 

Tracking Wild Elephants in Borneo Set float on the Kinabatangan River scouring the banks of the jungle in search of Borneo Pygmy Elephants.

 
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No Longer A Hater Megan Phelps-Roper: From Westboro Baptist Church - to hate group activist

 

Pink Pistols Armed Against Homophobia The pro-gun LGBTQ group: Pink Pistols

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From Hells Angels to Hillel’s Angels Inside the word of Jewish members of outlaw motorcycle gangs

Make Racist Afraid Again Black Guns Matter - a Philly group that teaches gun safety to inner-city communities

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Obama’s Speechwriter Explains Why Trump Isn’t Funny David Litt - Obama’s former head joke writer on his take on the sense of humor of Donald Trump

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NYC Mob Murder Scenes Then And Now Photo story on the current locales of famous NYC crime scenes

The Very Last Word of Fred Phelps I spend time with the infamous Phelps family and the Westboro Baptist Church. Story for Esquire

Here Comes The Repo Man Story from: Meet the Deplorables: Infiltrating Trump America. I ride along with a repo man as we repossess cars during a sluggish economy

How Hard Is It To Get A Black Market Green Card? I try to get a green card by mid-afternoon. How hard can it be?

My Life As A Celebrity Scientologist I check in to the Scientology Celebrity Center in Los Angeles - posing as a German pop star

‘Muslim-Free’ Gun Stores Exemplify Trump’s America The rise of anti-Muslim gun stores in the age of Trump

 

My Dinner With White Supremacists at Applebee's I infiltrate the world of white supremacists who try to recruit me at Applebee's

That Smell of Death I attend a crime scene cleaning school and learn to clean up after grizzly murders