CHICAGO — Harith “Snoop” Augustus was shot and killed on July 14, 2018 by the Chicago Police Department
Jan 25, 2019
ON THE GROUND IN VICTORIA, TX
ON THE GROUND IN CHICAGO, IL
Losing “Snoop” — What a barber’s death meant to Chicago’s South Side
ON THE GROUND IN ALLEN JUNCTION, WV
A year of giving voice in rural Appalachia
ALLEN JUNCTION, West Virginia — One morning this summer, I found myself standing on the side of the
Dec 21, 2018
ON THE GROUND IN EL PASO, TX
Bearing witness to the human consequences of U.S. immigration policy
EL PASO, Texas -- At dusk on a Friday night in October, big, white buses pull up near
Nov 30, 2018
ON THE GROUND IN SUMNER, MISS.
What the Emmett Till case taught me about journalism and Mississippi’s unfinished history
SUMNER, Mississippi — The courthouse where Emmett Till’s murderers were acquitted has been restored to look like it
Nov 15, 2018
ON THE GROUND IN FITZGERALD, GA
A journalist’s dilemma: wanting to do more to help than tell the story
On a muggy July evening, I sat on the dusty wooden floor of a cluttered one-bedroom house in
Nov 02, 2018
ON THE GROUND IN PEARL, MISS
How the story I never wrote led me to a story that needed to be told
Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, one of the state’s three main prisons, is located in a sparse pocket of
Oct 26, 2018
ON THE GROUND IN JACKSON, MISS
A portrait of struggle and violence in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. — It was almost Independence Day and Lee Eric Evans straightened a flag pole on his
Oct 18, 2018
ON THE GROUND IN DALLAS, TX
How I found a place in journalism by telling the story of Hispanics in Dallas
Nothing beats the downtown Dallas skyline at dusk. The bright green glow of Bank of America Plaza. The
Oct 11, 2018
