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

 

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