All over the world, workers are paid pennies to do menial online tasks in a largely unregulated, multimillion-dollar industry. Welcome to the Internet’s factory floor.

East Bay Express || August 1, 2012

We need to tell the Africa story differently.

The Boston Review || August 2, 2012 

On chronic pain, illness, and the way they can rewrite our lives.

Vela Mag || September 18, 2012

A look at the real life consequences of cutting government “waste” - in this case, an effort to help people improve their money skills.

The Alicia Patterson Foundation || October 4, 2012

A young man, depressed, desperate. In the North, it’s too common. But the death of Julian Tologanak-Labrie was anything but.

Up Here || October 2012

Wait, aren’t kings usually men? Clearly, Peggielene Bartels isn’t your average monarch.

A young girl’s part in a horrible murder.

Cincinnati Magazine || October 2012

On growing up in a tourist town.

Vela mag || May 22, 2012

We called him Eat Pray Paul. Because there were two Pauls and they were more or less indistinguishable — both red-faced old dudes who’d been kicking out Cambodia for years.

Vela magazine || June 25, 2012

A son’s secret brings a Southern Baptist minister to his knees.

Chattanooga Times Free Press || June 24, 2012