The Guardian

‘It’s how we grew up’: Buffalo’s struggle to escape the shadow of segregation

Could the US highways that split communities on racial lines finally fall?

‘He was robbed of his life’: in Memphis, tributes to Tyre Nichols – and a call to action

Family says son’s death shows pattern of Memphis police brutality: ‘System hasn’t changed’

US teachers grapple with a growing housing crisis: ‘We can’t afford rent’

The New York Times Magazine:

Education Issue 2021: 7 True Stories From Virtual School. Interview.

Features for Mother Jones:

Black Deaths Matter (feature for the May/June issue)

A Mississippi Town Finally Desegregated Its Schools, 60 Years Late

How Black Oaklanders Finally Expelled the School Police

What It’s Like to Be a High School Senior and Lose Everything in the Worst Fire in California History

COVID era at Mother Jones:

How Flint Closed the Gap Between Black and White Suffering Under COVID

The Pandemic Has Unmasked America’s Deepest Inequities

The Teacher Who Realized She Was Expendable

Young Black Residents Are Bearing the Brunt of Michigan’s Recent COVID-19 Surge

White People Are Demanding Their Lives Back in States Where Black People Are Losing Theirs

COVID-19 Has Infected and Killed Black People At Alarming Rates. This Data Proves It.

Black People Are Dying From COVID-19 at Higher Rates Because Racism Is a Preexisting Condition

Q&As, news analysis, and other stories at Mother Jones:

We’ve Had a White Supremacist Coup Before. History Buried It.

How “the Latino Vote” Was Invented

“There’s Not Enough of Me”: Inside One Counselor’s Heartbreaking Time at a School in Chicago’s South Side

How Lynching Became the Favorite Metaphor of Embattled, Powerful Men

Racists in One of America’s Richest Counties Are Freaking Out Over a “Forced Busing” Proposal

150 Years Later, Slavery Reparations Are on the Agenda Again

Oakland Teachers Are Striking for More Pay, Smaller Classes, and an End to School Closures Like This One

How a Small School’s Impending Closure Became a Rallying Cry for Oakland Teachers

Teachers at This South LA High School Are Picketing to Get Their Students More Resources

How a Race Between Two Democrats Who Mostly Agree On Everything Became a $40 Million Schoolyard Brawl

Essays & Culture Q&As at Mother Jones:

The Last Black Man in San Francisco’s Walking Tour of a Lost City

How the Creators of the New “Native Son” Grappled With Rewriting a Literary Classic

The Best TV Show About Racism Was a Comic-Book Fantasia. Here’s How “Watchmen” Did It.

Take a Look in the Mirror: The Horror of the New “Candyman” Is Complicity

“In the Heights” Transported Me Into My Childhood—and Back Again

“Get Out” Is the Horror Flick America Needs Right Now

James Baldwin Was Never Your Negro

Stories for The Oregonian: 

Forest Grove’s Jason Walker on life after losing leg in Afghanistan: ‘You take the next day, one step in front of the other’

ODOT, county officials, lawmakers promise funding for roundabout at Forest Grove town meeting

Forest Grove City Manager Michael Sykes will stay away from Times Litho redevelopment, despite being cleared of conflict of interest

Parking tickets in Forest Grove rose between 2011 and 2013, with focus on downtown (interactive map)

Election 2014: What does the Quail Valley Golf Course annexation vote mean for Banks? (Q&A)

Art car: How a Delaware artist’s memorial to her father found its way to Gales Creek

Dream Girl Espresso closure: Neighbors, people with Forest Grove ties filed complaints to landlord

Warrenton couple dominates in inaugural Oregon cornhole championships with singles, doubles wins

Dieter-Robinson family looks back, as memorial fund in girls’ name raises more than $34,000

Two runners embrace the messy challenge of Hagg Lake Mud Run

Navy serviceman, off-duty Washington County officer rescue men from burning vehicle in crash near Gaston

The Shafters, part of the Portland Area Dart Association, find fellowship in Forest Grove by the pitcher

State funds for community center study ‘encouraged’ Forest Grove to sign off on ‘grand bargain’ deal

Public plaza, specialty grocer, apartments: Times-Litho committee plans for site revitalization

After two-car crash at Oregon 47 and Maple Street, Forest Grove Public Works Director Rob Foster urges speed reduction

Stories for Fast Company:

Flat6Labs Accelerates Entrepreneurship in Egypt

When It Comes To Powering Electric Cars Plug-free, It’s Convenience Versus Conservation

Stories for VanityFair.com:

Breakfast of Champions

From Alexa Chung to Theophilus London, an Exclusive Look at Chanel’s Little Black Classic

As the Olympics Approach, Brigitte Lacombe’s Stunning Portraits of Arab Lady Athletes

Stories for the Medill News Service:

Watchdog groups concerned with information-sharing provision of cyber legislation

The League of Extraordinary Threats

Kerry: Countries must respond to Sudan, South Sudan

Security experts discuss cyberthreat legislation

U.S. intelligence adapts to multiple international threats

Defense ‘review’ offers insights into Obama changes, but long-term results uncertain

Stories for the New York Daily News:

Fatal Pier Pressure

He sees city’s soul in its block parties

Sidewalks to New Yuck

Open season at shore

Gay and lesbian uptown Manhattan residents celebrate historic New York same sex marriage victory – I wrote the profile of Joseph Tolton, pastor of Rehboth Temple Christ Conscious Church, for this series.

Shootings in Brooklyn buck citywide trend

Stories for North by Northwestern :

Hank Skinner’s last fight

The story behind Danny Did

Roll, Tide, Roll

Amid uncertainty, Egyptian spirit prevails