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Abortion and reproductive health
Discover | The Scientist Who Hated Abortion (Feb. 2003)
A pro-life biochemist has launched a crusade to link abortion and breast cancer in the public's mind.
Glamour | Rape Treatment Denied (Sept. 2002)
Every year, 25,000 women become pregnant after a sexual assault. Why aren't hospitals helping them with a simple prescription? Plus a follow-up editorial from May 2005.
Self | The Truth on Trial (Aug. 2002)
Inside North Dakota courtroom, activists argue that abortion increases a woman's risk for breast cancer.
Glamour | The New Abortion War (Feb. 2002)
The latest threat to your right to choose isn't loud protests-it's quietly passed "health and safety" laws so unfair that they could put abortion providers out of business.
Mother Jones | Surgical Strike (Nov. 2001)
Is a group that pays drug addicts to be sterilized defending children or exploiting the vulnerable?
Glamour | "I Had An Abortion When I Was Six Months Pregnant" (Oct. 2001)
Confronted with desperately ill unborn twins and great risks to her own health, a young woman steps into a political minefield.
Mother Jones | The Quiet War
on Abortion (Sept. 2001)
After decades of noisy protests and violence, anti-abortion activists rely on a new "stealth" strategy to shut down clinics.
Aging and retirement
AARP The Magazine | When Wounded Veterans Come Home (July 2008)
As more troops are surviving fearsome war injuries, parents are being increasing thrust into the role of long-term caregivers. A multimedia special featuring a radio documentary narrated by Barry.
AARP The Magazine | R.I.P. Off (Jan. 2008)
Thousands of Americans have been fleeced by funeral homes that sell prepaid contracts-then fail to honor them at the time of death.
AARP The Magazine | Katrina: The Untold Story (Sept. 2007)
Two years after the hurricane, the Gulf Coast's older residents still fight despair and search for hope. A multimedia report, including a radio documentary narrated by Barry. Plus, click here for Barry's photos.
National Wildlife | Why Do Animals Age? (Feb. 2007)
By studying wild creatures, scientists could help unlock the secrets of eyesight loss, Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer.
AARP Bulletin | Foreign Service (Feb. 2007)
At garbage dump in Guatemala City, a Florida retiree learns the value of living outside his comfort zone.
AARP The Magazine | Rethinking the Commune (March 2006)
Across the United States, bold pioneers are building a new kind of housing for the 21st century.
AARP Bulletin | Age in Place... But Not Here (Nov. 2005)
When 79-year-old Blanche Bell's retirement community tried to force her to move from her apartment to an on-campus nursing home, she fought it to her dying day.
AARP The Magazine | Prisoners of Pain (Sept. 2005)
Why are millions of suffering Americans being denied the prescription drug relief they need?
AARP The Magazine | Going Home (Jan. 2005)
The hospital couldn't save Jack Smith's life. But hospice gave him something to live for.
AARP The Magazine | Stolen Lives (Jan. 2004)
Thousands of older Americans are being robbed of their freedom and life savings by a legal system created for their protection.
AARP The Magazine | Colleen's Choice (March 2003)
When her cancer became unbearable, Colleen Rice chose death. Now the law that helped end her agony is under siege.
Discover | Can Turtles Live Forever? (June 2002)
A quiet study in the Michigan woods-conducted by a fascinating scientist-opens a new window on aging.
Art and literature
Pages | Strong Medicine (Nov. 2006)
Writing fiction was a bittersweet remedy for author Lee Smith. But it led to her triumphant return from tragedy.
The Nation | Art and States' Rights (July 1998)
The debate over funding controversial art and theater projects comes down to the state and local level.
The Advocate | Southern Discomfort (March 1998)
Gays in Charlotte, North Carolina, struggle against a virulently bigoted county board of commissioners.
Business, consumer, and labor
AARP The Magazine | R.I.P. Off (Jan. 2008)
Thousands of Americans have been fleeced by funeral homes that sell prepaid contracts-then fail to honor them at the time of death.
Audubon | The Wal-Mart Effect (May 2007)
By stocking its shelves with affordable organic foods, the world's largest retailer is about to prove that what's good for the company is good for the planet and consumers. Or is it?
The Nation | Putting Science in the Dock (March 2007)
In an effort to exclude dubious experts, judges have assumed unprecedented power—and tilted the legal system against injured consumers.
Mother Jones | When Is a Corporation Like a Freed Slave? (Nov. 2006)
In rural Pennsylvania, township supervisors battling sewage sludge and hog manure stumble up against one of the biggest mysteries in constitutional law.
O, The Oprah Magazine | The Good Shopper (Sept. 2006)
Organic flowers, fair-trade coffee, local produce, recycled gold: If every one of us made a few adjustments to our shopping lists, we could literally change the world.
AARP The Magazine | Sudden Debt (Sept. 2006)
Overdrawn by $5? Need a loan until payday? Hidden bank fees and usurious storefront lenders plunge millions of Americans into downward financial spirals.
AARP The Magazine | Whose House Is It Anyway? (May 2005)
A city's quest for renewal sometimes means the death of an old neighborhood.
Mother Jones | Secondhand Diplomacy (March 2003)
After meeting with cigarette manufacturers, the Bush administration tries to derail a global tobacco treaty.
Mother Jones | Airline Insecurity (Jan. 2002)
When it came to airport security, the federal government placed politics and profits above public safety.
Mother Jones | Subsidies at Sea (May 2001)
Taxpayers spent $400 million on incentives for a multinational shipbuilding company. Did Philadelphia workers benefit?
Ladies' Home Journal | Drugs Online (May 2001)
Rogue Internet pharmacies allow anyone to buy prescription medicines without first seeing a doctor.
Mother Jones | Silence in the Fields (Jan. 2001)
The federal government permits agribusiness to bring Third World labor to U.S. farms, with working conditions to match.
Mother Jones | Steel-Town Lockdown (May 2000)
How one corporation is turning the Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, into the private-prison capital of the world.
Duke Magazine | Academic Apprentices (May 1999)
Are graduate students being used as cheap labor? This question undergirds the debate over unionization on university campuses.
The Independent | Burnt Twice (Nov. 1998)
Toxic fumes from Carolina Solite's hazardous waste-burning plant are compounded by toxic neglect from state regulators.
City Limits | Left Behind in Sandtown (Jan. 1998)
A much-touted revitalization project spruces up a Baltimore neighborhood. But it doesn't solve the community's root problems.
The Nation | Spiritual Union: A Case Study (Dec. 1997)
Guatemalan immigrants build a remarkable labor organization at a North Carolina poultry slaughterhouse.
Good Housekeeping | Scam Schools (Feb. 1997)
Bogus trade schools are leaving students deeply in debt – without delivering the promised education.
The Independent | Highway Robbery (May 1992)
An award-winning five-part investigative series examining how campaign contributions influence North Carolina's $1.6 billion transportation budget, harming communities and the environment in the process.
Newsweek | Kellogg's No-Sugar Cereal (July 1981)
Into Tony the Tiger's lair with 21-year-old cub reporter Barry. An eager intern's first national byline.
Children and youth
Duke Magazine | Leap of Faith (March 2007)
Can academic rigor, firm discipline, and a daily dose of religion turn boys from poor families into scholars? An intimate look at one such attempt.
Discover | Lights Out (Dec. 2004)
Depression, dementia, and plummeting IQs: Contact sports extract a terrible price for the excitement they create.
Nieman Reports | Is the U.S. Government Making Children Fat? (Spring 2003)
The story behind "Unhappy Meals" (see below), written for a Harvard University journalism magazine.
Mother Jones | Unhappy Meals (Jan. 2003)
School lunches are loaded with fat-and the beef and dairy industries are making sure it stays that way.
Us Weekly | A Mother Finds Her Voice (March 2002)
How Judy Shepard survived her son Matthew's brutal murder and became a campaigner for diversity and tolerance.
Redbook | Dangerous Food (Aug. 2000)
When Nancy Donley's son died of E. coli poisoning, she learned how poorly we are all protected from food contamination.
The Independent | Bad Chemistry (March 1993)
A bold experiment in public education, the North Carolina School of Science and Math became poisoned by rancor.
Crime
O, The Oprah Magazine | The Case of the Battered Pet (June 2008)
Who would suspect that a family's animals could be pawns in domestic violence? The terrifying truth about cats and dogs.
Us Weekly | A Mother Finds Her Voice (March 2002)
How Judy Shepard survived her son Matthew's brutal murder and became a campaigner for diversity and tolerance.
Glamour | A Hideous Hate Crime (Aug. 2000)
In 1963, four African-American girls were murdered in Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Now the granddaughter of one of the bombers-and the sisters of a victim-confront Alabama's racist legacy.
Mother Jones | Steel-Town Lockdown (May 2000)
How one corporation is turning the Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, into the private-prison capital of the world.
Mother Jones | Shocking Discipline (March 2000)
The newest weapon for prison guards is the 50,000-volt stun belt. Inmates are not the only ones screaming.
Psychology Today | Bad Girls (Nov. 1999)
Are women naturally less violent than men? Some researchers are trying to debunk old assumptions.
Out Magazine | Murder on the Mountain (Nov. 1996)
A love story of two women murdered in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.
Education
Duke Magazine | Leap of Faith (March 2007)
Can academic rigor, firm discipline, and a daily dose of religion turn boys from poor families into scholars? An intimate look at one such attempt.
Good Housekeeping | Scam Schools (Feb. 1997)
Bogus trade schools are leaving students deeply in debt-without delivering the promised education.
The Independent | Bad Chemistry (March 1993)
A bold experiment in public education, the North Carolina School of Science and Math became poisoned by rancor.
Environment
Audubon | The Wal-Mart Effect (May 2007)
By stocking its shelves with affordable organic foods, the world's largest retailer is about to prove that what's good for the company is good for the planet and consumers. Or is it?
Mother Jones | When Is a Corporation Like a Freed Slave? (Nov. 2006)
In rural Pennsylvania, township supervisors battling sewage sludge and hog manure stumble up against one of the biggest mysteries in constitutional law.
Creative Loafing | Deadly Dependence (Aug. 2004)
The South's economic reliance on military bases has left a toxic legacy throughout the region.
The Independent | Burnt Twice (Nov. 1998)
Toxic fumes from Carolina Solite's hazardous waste-burning plant are compounded by toxic neglect from state regulators.
Gay and lesbian issues
The Independent | Duke T-Shirt Campaign Goes National (Oct. 2005)
An idea hatched over pizza one night-shirts that say "Gay? Fine By Me"-spreads to 20 states.
Us Weekly | A Mother Finds Her Voice (March 2002)
How Judy Shepard survived her son Matthew's brutal murder and became a campaigner for diversity and tolerance.
Salon | Into the Closet (May 2000)
An up-close and personal look at the Christian movement to turn gay people straight. Meet "ex-gay" man John Westcott.
Redbook | Our Family's Secret (Feb. 2000)
At home with an "ex-gay" couple in Orlando, Florida. Can they ever escape their past? And what will they tell the kids?
Psychology Today | Gay No More? (Mar. 1999)
Christian ministries and some renegade mental-health professionals claim they can "cure" homosexuality.
The Advocate | Mixed Blessings (July 1998)
Protease inhibitors have been called miracle drugs for AIDS patients. But not everyone benefits equally.
Salon | Embraced in Spain (June 1998)
The author, stuttering in Spanish with a group of 20-year-old street kids. An all-time favorite.
The Nation | Art and States' Rights (July 1998)
The debate over funding controversial art and theater projects comes down to the state and local level.
The Advocate | Southern Discomfort (March 1998)
Gays in Charlotte, North Carolina, struggle against a virulently bigoted county board of commissioners.
Out Magazine | Murder on the Mountain (Nov. 1996)
A love story of two women murdered in Virginia's Shenandoah National Park.
Out Magazine | No, Jesse, No (May 1996)
Is Senator Helms Gay Public Enemy No. 1?
The Boston Globe | The Marines Face a New Fight (Feb. 1993)
Meet a few good men-some of whom are gay.
Health
AARP The Magazine | When Wounded Veterans Come Home (July 2008)
As more troops are surviving fearsome war injuries, parents are being increasing thrust into the role of long-term caregivers. A multimedia special featuring a radio documentary narrated by Barry.
The Nation | Putting Science in the Dock (March 2007)
In an effort to exclude dubious experts, judges have assumed unprecedented power—and tilted the legal system against injured consumers.
Duke Magazine | Beyond Aspirin (Nov. 2006)
Managing chronic pain is essential not only to quality of life, but also to good health. Duke University researchers are working to understand the causes of pain and to develop new treatments.
O, The Oprah Magazine | Avian Flu: What You Need to Know (June 2006)
Maybe it's winging its way here; maybe it isn't. Maybe it'll start jumping from human to human; maybe it won't. A sober look at bird flu.
O, The Oprah Magazine | Weight Loss: The New Myths (March 2006)
Behind the latest diet claims stand real doctors and reputable studies. Does that mean you should swallow everything they tell you? Not so fast.
Discover | When a Woman Goes Bald (Feb. 2006)
A scientist's painful battle with hair loss drives her to find its genetic basis.
AARP Bulletin | Age in Place... But Not Here (Nov. 2005)
When 79-year-old Blanche Bell's retirement community tried to force her to move from her apartment to an on-campus nursing home, she fought it to her dying day.
AARP The Magazine | Prisoners of Pain (Sept. 2005)
Why are millions of suffering Americans being denied the prescription drug relief they need?
AARP The Magazine | Going Home (Jan. 2005)
The hospital couldn't save Jack Smith's life. But hospice gave him something to live for. Why can't all Americans have such satisfying end-of-life care?
Discover | Lights Out (Dec. 2004)
Depression, dementia, and plummeting IQs: Contact sports extract a terrible price for the excitement they create.
Reader's Digest | Less Sleep, More Energy (Oct. 2004)
New drugs promise to keep us sharp even when we need shuteye. What does this mean for our bodies-and for society?
Discover | Forbidden Science (Aug. 2004)
What can studies of pornography, prostitutes and seedy truck stops contribute to society? A look at the current NIH funding controversy.
Glamour | Trying to Save Bethany (March 2004)
When Bethany Hinshaw tried to commit suicide at 19, her mother helped her recover-and fight her family's terrifying genetic legacy.
Discover | SARS Storm Spurs Surprising Strategies (Jan. 2004)
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome triggered an unprecedented emergency medical response worldwide. Top medical scientists reflect on the long-term lessons of the crisis.
Self | Not Just a Bladder Infection (June 2003)
For years, physicians thought that women suffering from interstitial cystitis were hysterical. Now there's professional recognition-and hope.
AARP The Magazine | Colleen's Choice (March 2003)
When her cancer became unbearable, Colleen Rice chose death. Now the law that helped end her agony is under siege.
Mother Jones | Secondhand Diplomacy (March 2003)
After meeting with cigarette manufacturers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty.
Nieman Reports | Is the U.S. Government Making Children Fat? (Spring 2003)
The story behind "Unhappy Meals" (see below), written for a Harvard University journalism magazine.
Mother Jones | Unhappy Meals (Jan. 2003)
School lunches are loaded with fat-and the beef and dairy industries are making sure it stays that way.
Modern Maturity | Drugs & Dragons (May 2002)
Don't surrender to high drug costs. Until Congress finally fixes the mess, these strategies can help you beat the system. Plus: A look at the political forecast for Medicare drug coverage.
Mother Jones | Surgical Strike (Nov. 2001)
Is a group that pays drug addicts to be sterilized defending children or exploiting the vulnerable?
Glamour | Women Living With AIDS (Aug. 2001)
Two young women-one infected, one not-cope with the effects of HIV in the American heartland.
Ladies' Home Journal | Drugs Online (May 2001)
Rogue Internet pharmacies allow anyone to buy prescription medicines without first seeing a doctor.
Redbook | Dangerous Food (Aug. 2000)
When Nancy Donley's son died of E. coli poisoning, she learned how poorly we are all protected from food contamination.
The Advocate | Mixed Blessings (July 1998)
Protease inhibitors have been called miracle drugs for AIDS patients. But not everyone benefits equally.
Housing
AARP The Magazine | Rethinking the Commune (March 2006)
Across the United States, bold pioneers are building a new kind of housing for the 21st century.
Journalism
Columbia Journalism Review | The Redemption of Chris Rose (Jan. 2008)
A New Orleans newspaper columnist, like the daily he works for, finds a stronger voice in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Journal of Michigan Fellows | Journalist, Interrupted (Winter 2001)
Why my stutter makes me a better journalist. A window into the personal side of my work.
Columbia Journalism Review | Rethinking the Race Beat (July 1999)
Should newspapers create separate teams of reporters to cover racial issues?
Columbia Journalism Review | Good Story, Bad Results (July 1998)
A 21-year-old immigrant trusts a North Carolina newspaper reporter, and gets deported in the process.
NewsInc. | LA Law (June 1991)
In Louisiana, Napoleonic code meets the newspaper industry. Will this family feud be the last of its kind?
Men's issues
New Woman | The New Men's Movement (Oct. 1997)
What happens when 50,000 evangelical men gather for a Promise Keepers convention? Check your preconceptions at the stadium gate.
The Independent | Christian Soldiers (April 1996)
The Promise Keepers come to Fort Bragg
The Boston Globe | The Marines Face a New Fight (Feb. 1993)
Meet a few good men-some of whom are gay.
Military and foreign affairs
AARP The Magazine | When Wounded Veterans Come Home (July 2008)
As more troops are surviving fearsome war injuries, parents are being increasing thrust into the role of long-term caregivers. A multimedia special featuring a radio documentary narrated by Barry.
Duke Magazine | Portrait of an 'American Patriot' (March 2006)
Democrat Francis Brooke joined GOP efforts to depose Saddam Hussein, serving as right-hand man to Iraqi dissident Ahmad Chalabi.
Mother Jones | Dirty Warriors (Nov. 2004)
How South African hit men, Serbian paramilitaries, and other human rights violators became guns for hire in Iraq.
Creative Loafing | Deadly Dependence (Aug. 2004)
The South's economic reliance on military bases has left a toxic legacy throughout the region.
New York Times | Need An Army? Just Pick Up The Phone (April 2004)
The deaths of four civilians in Falluja, Iraq, raises serious questions about the use of private military companies in war zones.
Mother Jones | Soldiers of Good Fortune (May 2003)
Profit-making private military companies are replacing U.S. soldiers in the war on terrorism.
The Boston Globe | The Marines Face a New Fight (Feb. 1993)
Meet a few good men-some of whom are gay.
Personal narrative
Journal of Michigan Fellows | Journalist, Interrupted (Winter 2001)
Why my stutter makes me a better journalist. A window into the personal side of my work.
Salon | Embraced in Spain (June 1998)
The author, stuttering in Spanish with a group of 20-year-old street kids.
Politics (Democratic)
O, The Oprah Magazine | What Makes Elizabeth Run (Sept. 2007)
Not one to walk away from a fight, Elizabeth Edwards might be the most refreshing political spouse since Eleanor Roosevelt.
The Nation | The Carolina Democratic Dream (Oct. 1998)
John Edwards runs a populist campaign to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Lauch Faircloth.
The Nation | Helms' Last Stand? (Oct. 1996)
An optimistic look at Harvey Gantt's Democratic bid to unseat North Carolina's senior senator.
The Nation | Black Hope in North Carolina (May 1990)
Introducing Harvey Gantt, a progressive Democrat trying to unseat U.S. Senator Jesse Helms.
Politics (Miscellaneous)
The Independent | Holy Spirit (March 1999)
Carrie Bolton preaches a freedom message-and not just in her North Carolina Holiness church.
The Nation | Virtual Disenfranchisement (Sept. 1998)
The federal courts are making it harder for African-Americans and Latinos to win congressional seats.
The Advocate | Southern Discomfort (March 1998)
Gays in Charlotte, North Carolina, struggle against a virulently bigoted county board of commissioners.
The Nation | The Real State Takeover (Feb. 1997)
The NRA, the tobacco industry and other interest groups are convincing state legislators to "preempt" progressive local legislation.
Washington Monthly | Why Helms is Still at the Helm (May 1990)
North Carolina politics illustrate an important national moral: Republicans don't have to address the social and economic concerns of ordinary people in order to win elections. Democrats do.
Politics (Republican)
Duke Magazine | Portrait of an 'American Patriot' (March 2006)
Democrat Francis Brooke joined GOP efforts to depose Saddam Hussein, serving as right-hand man to Iraqi dissident Ahmad Chalabi.
The Independent | Whitewash (Sept. 2005)
In his new autobiography, Jesse Helms sees himself as a humanitarian-not as a racist supporter of brutal right-wing regimes.
Mother Jones | Fall of a True Believer (Sept. 2005)
How Jack Abramoff gained the whole world and lost just about everything.
The Independent | If I Were A Rich Man (Sept. 2004)
A Tar Heel tour of the Republican National Convention: protesters, fundraisers, seared tuna and Sodom and Gomorrah.
MotherJones.com | Acting Up With the Young Republicans (Sept. 2004)
No shortage of young folks at the Republican Youth Convention. Of course, some of them weren't Republicans.
MotherJones.com | Beyond Betrayal (Sept. 2004)
The vast majority of GOP leaders won't be embracing gay Republicans any time soon. In fact, many of them still think they're good for an easy laugh.
MotherJones.com | The Political Fortunes of the Radical Right (Aug. 2004)
As the Republican convention kicked off, the party's influential conservative activists were holed up across the street—with a handful of reporters and a large bag of fortune cookies.
MotherJones.com | Immoderate Republicans (Aug. 2004)
While George Bush's handlers are vetting every word spoken at the convention, it's on the street—among the counter-protesters—that the unfiltered rhetoric of GOP activists can be heard.
Rolling Stone | Bush's Bagmen (April 2004)
Meet the Pioneers and Rangers, the president's A-team for campaign cash.
The Independent | Bush's Other Lies (Feb. 2004)
The economy, the environment, public health and civil liberties-not to mention why we went to war with Iraq: Lying is a key part of the way the Bush administration governs.
Mother Jones | Secondhand Diplomacy (March 2003)
After meeting with cigarette manufacturers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty.
Mother Jones | Airline Insecurity (Jan. 2002)
When it came to airport security, the federal government repeatedly placed politics and profits above the public's safety.
The Independent | Easily Tricked (Aug. 2000)
A profile of a young African-American conservative activist at the Republican National Convention.
The Independent | Generation Bush (Aug. 2000)
Republicans are counting on America's youth for a November victory-and they found a few in North Carolina.
Out Magazine | No, Jesse, No (May 1996)
Is Senator Helms Gay Public Enemy No. 1?
The Nation | Statesmanship vs. Helmsmanship (Feb. 1996)
How the senior senator from North Carolina holds the world hostage to his isolationist agenda.
The Nation | Statehouses Drop The Other Shoe (Dec. 1995)
In state legislatures across America, mini-Gingriches have been pushing their own Contracts for America.
The Independent | Highway Robbery (May 1992)
An award-winning five-part investigative series examining how campaign contributions influence North Carolina's $1.6 billion transportation budget, harming communities and the environment in the process.
The Independent | In Jesse's Image (May 1987)
North Carolina's New Right pins its hope on obscure college professors from the state's coastal plain. Meet one of them, anti-abortion activist Barry McCarty.
Privatization
Mother Jones | Dirty Warriors (Nov. 2004)
How South African hit men, Serbian paramilitaries, and other human rights violators became guns for hire in Iraq.
New York Times | Need An Army? Just Pick Up The Phone (April 2004)
The deaths of four civilians in Falluja, Iraq, raises serious questions about the use of private military companies in war zones.
Mother Jones | Soldiers of Good Fortune (May 2003)
Profit-making private military companies are replacing U.S. soldiers in the war on terrorism.
Mother Jones | Steel-Town Lockdown (May 2000)
How one corporation is turning the Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, into the private-prison capital of the world.
Race, ethnicity and immigration
AARP The Magazine | A Taste for Tolerance (May 2004)
How years of struggle have taught Charlotte, North Carolina, and other American cities that diversity is a growth industry.
The Independent | Return to Loves Creek (June 2002)
Two years after my "Walking Home" series (below), a tragic fire beings me back to Siler City, North Carolina.
Mother Jones | The Stealth Crusade (May 2002)
Inside one Southern university, Christian missionaries are being trained to go undercover in the Muslim world.
Mother Jones | Silence in the Fields (Jan. 2001)
The federal government permits agribusiness to bring Third World labor to U.S. farms, with working conditions to match.
Glamour | A Hideous Hate Crime (Aug. 2000)
In 1963, four African-American girls were murdered in Birmingham's Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Now the granddaughter of one of the bombers-and the sisters of a victim-confront Alabama's racist legacy.
The Independent | Easily Tricked (Aug. 2000)
A profile of a young African-American conservative activist at the Republican National Convention.
Mother Jones | Hispanic Diaspora (July 2000)
A new wave of migration is shaping Middle American communities like Siler City, North Carolina.
The Independent | Walking Home (Jan. 2000)
This two-part series intimately chronicles a year in the life of an immigrant Baptist church in Siler City, North Carolina.
Duke Law Magazine | Ethnic Strife (Fall 1999)
Can rival groups find cooperation amid the ruins of conflict?
Columbia Journalism Review | Rethinking the Race Beat (July 1999)
Should newspapers create separate teams of reporters to cover racial issues? A hot topic in journalism today.
The Independent | Holy Spirit (March 1999)
Carrie Bolton preaches a freedom message-and not just in her North Carolina Holiness church.
The Nation | Virtual Disenfranchisement (Sept. 1998)
The federal courts are making it harder for African-Americans and Latinos to win congressional seats.
Columbia Journalism Review | Good Story, Bad Results (July 1998)
A 21-year-old immigrant trusts a North Carolina newspaper reporter, and gets deported in the process.
The Nation | Spiritual Union: A Case Study (Dec. 1997)
Guatemalan immigrants build a remarkable labor organization at a North Carolina poultry slaughterhouse.
Religion
JTA | Messianics Rising (Nov. 2007)
Evangelical Christian efforts to win Jewish converts have become better funded and more sophisticated. A three-part series.
Discover | Schweitzer's Dangerous Discovery (April 2006)
When this shy paleontologist found soft, fresh-looking tissue inside a T. rex femur, she erased a line between past and present. Then all hell broke loose.
The Independent | Creation Nation (Feb. 2006)
Ken Ham says creationism and Biblical inerrancy are the solutions to the world's ills. Welcome to the world of Answers in Genesis.
Mother Jones | The Stealth Crusade (May 2002)
Inside one Southern university, Christian missionaries are being trained to go undercover in the Muslim world.
Mother Jones | The Quiet War on Abortion (Sept. 2001)
After decades of noisy protests and violence, anti-abortion activists are relying on a new "stealth" strategy to shut down clinics.
Salon | Into the Closet (May 2000)
An up-close and personal look at the Christian movement to turn gay people straight. Meet "ex-gay" man John Westcott.
Redbook | Our Family's Secret (Feb. 2000)
At home with an "ex-gay" couple in Orlando, Florida. Can they ever escape their past? And what will they tell the kids?
The Independent | Walking Home (Jan. 2000)
This two-part series intimately chronicles a year in the life of an immigrant Baptist church in Siler City, North Carolina.
Psychology Today | Gay No More? (Mar. 1999)
Christian ministries and some renegade mental-health professionals claim they can "cure" homosexuality.
The Independent | Holy Spirit (March 1999)
Carrie Bolton preaches a freedom message-and not just in her North Carolina Holiness church.
New Woman | The New Men's Movement (Oct. 1997)
What happens when 50,000 evangelical men gather for a Promise Keepers convention? Check your preconceptions at the stadium gate.
The Independent | Christian Soldiers (April 1996)
The Promise Keepers come to Fort Bragg
Science
The Nation | Putting Science in the Dock (March 2007)
In an effort to exclude dubious experts, judges have assumed unprecedented power—and tilted the legal system against injured consumers.
National Wildlife | Why Do Animals Age? (Feb. 2007)
By studying wild creatures, scientists could help unlock the secrets of eyesight loss, Alzheimer's disease, and even cancer.
Discover | Schweitzer's Dangerous Discovery (April 2006)
When this shy paleontologist found soft, fresh-looking tissue inside a T. rex femur, she erased a line between past and present. Then all hell broke loose.
Discover | When a Woman Goes Bald (Feb. 2006)
A scientist's painful battle with hair loss drives her to find its genetic basis.
The Independent | Creation Nation (Feb. 2006)
Ken Ham says creationism and Biblical inerrancy are the solutions to the world's ills. Welcome to the world of Answers in Genesis.
Discover | Lights Out (Dec. 2004)
Depression, dementia, and plummeting IQs: Contact sports extract a terrible price for the excitement they create.
Discover | Forbidden Science (Aug. 2004)
What can studies of pornography, prostitutes and seedy truck stops contribute to society? A look at the current NIH funding controversy.
Discover | Can We Trust Research Done With Lab Mice? (July 2003)
New studies by a soft-spoken Swiss scientist show that animals used in critical experiments may be out of their minds.
Discover | The Scientist Who Hated Abortion (Feb. 2003)
A pro-life biochemist has launched a national crusade to link abortion and breast cancer in the public's mind.
Discover | Can Turtles Live Forever? (June 2002)
A quiet study in the Michigan woods-conducted by a fascinating scientist-opens a new window on aging.
Discover | Wild Cats in Carolina (March 2001)
Is the Carnivore Preservation Trust saving threatened felines like ocelots and caracals? Or is it simply creating genetic junk?
Stuttering
Journal of Michigan Fellows | Journalist, Interrupted (Winter 2001)
Why my stutter makes me a better journalist. A window into the personal side of my work.
Psychology Today | Wrestling with Words (Nov. 1998)
A growing movement says it's more important to live peaceably with stuttering than to overcome it.
Salon | Embraced in Spain (June 1998)
The author, stuttering in Spanish with a group of 20-year-old street kids.
Travel
US Airways Magazine | Two Switzerlands (June 2008)
By day: medieval towns, cowbells, and splendid mountain views. By night: the edgy scene of Zurich's Industriequartier. Would these two countries recognize each other?
US Airways Magazine | A Nutty Adventure (March 2008)
A romp through Athens and beyond in search of the perfect pistachio. Or a lesson in forgoing the obvious and pursuing something smaller.
US Airways Magazine | Insider's Guide to the Stockholm Archipelago (May 2007)
The islands dotting the Baltic waters around Sweden's capital are fertile grounds for exploration and discovery.
US Airways Magazine | Ticket to Paradise: Lisbon (April 2007)
Tourism officials promote Portugal's capital as "the capital of cool." What keep me returning, though, are Timeless Lisbon and International Lisbon.
US Airways Magazine | Ticket to Paradise: Cape Cod (Sept. 2006)
As Thoreau noted over a century ago, the best time to visit New England's most storied coastline is the off-season.
US Airways Magazine | Ticket to Paradise: Trinidad (June 2006)
Watching the scarlet ibises roost, it's easy to forget you're on the Caribbean's most industrialized island.
US Airways Magazine | Ticket to Paradise: Barcelona (May 2006)
A wander through the city's barris, or neighborhoods, reveals the essence of Catalan culture.
US Airways Magazine | Treasured Isle (March 2006)
Venice is filled with surprises tourists rarely see, like Luca Faé's Fruit Boat at 5 a.m.
Attaché | Destination: Brooklyn (March 2005)
If Manhattan is the face of the Big Apple, the city's largest borough is its heart.
Attaché | Destination: Dutch Wadden Islands (Feb. 2005)
Across the northernmost Netherlands lie a string environmental jewels, hothouses of plant and animal life.
Attaché | Destination: Cádiz (Nov. 2004)
In the oldest continually inhabited city in Europe, Carnaval is celebrated like no place else.
Salon | Embraced in Spain (June 1998)
The author, stuttering in Spanish with a group of 20-year-old street kids.
Women's issues
O, The Oprah Magazine | The Case of the Battered Pet (June 2008)
Who would suspect that a family's animals could be pawns in domestic violence? The terrifying truth about cats and dogs.
O, The Oprah Magazine | What Makes Elizabeth Run (Sept. 2007)
Not one to walk away from a fight, Elizabeth Edwards might be the most refreshing political spouse since Eleanor Roosevelt.
Glamour | Trying to Save Bethany (March 2004)
When Bethany Hinshaw tried to commit suicide at 19, her mother helped her recover-and fight her family's terrifying genetic legacy.
Self | Not Just a Bladder Infection (June 2003)
For years, physicians thought that women suffering from interstitial cystitis were hysterical. Now there's professional recognition-and hope.
Discover | The Scientist Who Hated Abortion (Feb. 2003)
A pro-life biochemist has launched a national crusade to link abortion and breast cancer in the public's mind.
Glamour | Rape Treatment Denied (Sept. 2002)
Every year, 25,000 women become pregnant after a sexual assault. Why aren't hospitals helping them with a simple prescription? Plus a follow-up editorial from May 2005.
Self | The Truth on Trial (Aug. 2002)
Inside a turn-of-the-century courthouse in Fargo, North Dakota, pro-life activists argue that abortion increases a woman's risk for breast cancer.
Glamour | The New Abortion War (Feb. 2002)
The latest threat to your right to choose isn't loud protests-it's quietly passed "health and safety" laws, measures so unfair they might drive some abortion providers out of business.
Mother Jones | Surgical Strike (Nov. 2001)
Is a group that pays drug addicts to be sterilized defending children or exploiting the vulnerable?
Glamour | "I Had An Abortion When I Was Six Months Pregnant" (Oct. 2001)
Confronted with desperately ill unborn twins and great risks to her own health, a young woman steps into a political minefield.
Mother Jones | The Quiet War
on Abortion (Sept. 2001)
After decades of noisy protests and violence, anti-abortion activists are relying on a new "stealth" strategy to shut down clinics.
Glamour | Women Living With AIDS (Aug. 2001)
Two young women-one infected, one not-cope with the effects of HIV in the American heartland.
Psychology Today | Bad Girls (Nov. 1999)
Are women naturally less violent than men? Some researchers are trying to debunk old assumptions.
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