Writing

I have published reporting, commentary, and write-ups of my scientific research with publications including the Washington Post, Slate, Defector, Bolts, The Appeal, Shadowproof, Truthout, the New York Daily News, Protean, Inquest, and Current Affairs. A full list of my work published by The Appeal can be found here. Below, you can find a selection of my essays and reported work.

Science Writing

  • “A Police Stop Is Enough to Make Someone Less Likely to Vote,” Bolts, 2023
  • “Getting a traffic ticket makes you less likely to vote, research finds,” Washington Post, 2022

Commentary

  • “Our Evidence-Based Obsession,” Inquest, 2023
  • “Safer Spaces,” Protean, 2023
  • “Prison Abolition Is Pragmatic,” Defector, 2023
  • “What the Media Gets Wrong About Last Year’s Uptick in Murders,” Slate, 2021
  • “Alvin Bragg, Preet Bharara, and criminal justice reform,” New York Daily News, 2020
  • “Policing Can’t End Violence in the U.S., but Reparations Might,” Current Affairs, 2020
  • “Cuomo’s Bail Reform Reversal Risks Explosive Coronavirus Spread in Jails,” Slate, 2020
  • “Incarceration is Always a Policy Failure,” The Appeal, 2019

Reporting

  • “At Least 28 Cops Were Attendees at Pro-Trump Rally Preceding Attack on Capitol,” Truthout, 2021
  • “The Cops at the Capitol,” The Appeal, 2021
  • “New York Ends a Punishment that Traps People in Poverty,” The Appeal Political Report, 2021
  • “It’s Feudalism, Pure Exploitation,” The Appeal, 2020. Cited by the New York Times
  • “COVID-19 Outbreak Feared at Massachusetts Prison After Incarcerated Man Collapses In Kitchen,” Shadowproof, 2020
  • “People Held in New York Prison Say They Face Abuse After Guard in Their Unit Tested Positive for COVID-19,” The Appeal, 2020