BUFFALO, Wyoming. — The paper was late. Normally, the newest weekly edition of the Buffalo Bulletin hits our...
Sep 24, 2019When the paper is late, a reminder of its value
Library lovers tell city hall: shhhhhhhh
VICTORIA, Texas -- The City Council chambers usually feels quiet, and often a little stiff. Council members meet...
Mar 08, 2019Losing “Snoop” — What a barber’s death meant to Chicago’s South Side
CHICAGO — Harith “Snoop” Augustus was shot and killed on July 14, 2018 by the Chicago Police Department...
Jan 25, 2019A 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, 2018Bearing 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, 2018What 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, 2018A journalist’s dilemma: Wanting to do more to help than tell the story
FITZGERALD, GA – On a muggy July evening, I sat on the dusty wooden floor of a cluttered...
Nov 02, 2018How 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, 2018A portrait of struggle and violence in Mississippi
This dispatch is the focus of a GroundTruth Podcast episode, "Almost Independence Day." A memorial for Lee Eric...
Oct 18, 2018How 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