The Hyde Park Herald got a new content management system in January 2020, which has made much of my work between that time and March 2018 difficult to access. The archives are available online.
Star Tribune
them.
The Advocate
The Hechinger Report
Chicago Reader
Gothenburg Times
Belt Magazine
Ethnography
Sullivan Daily Times
- "Hyde Parkers stay active through bad weather and restrictions," November 2020
- "Hyde Park and Kenwood at-will testing sites work to meet demand of 2nd wave," November 2020
- "Hyde Park retailers brace for holiday season as coronavirus situation deteriorates," November 2020
- "Sen. Mattie Hunter, Democratic committeewoman, seeks to revive party in 20th Ward as turnout slumps," November 2020
- "President-elect Biden wins more than 90% of vote in Hyde Park-Kenwood," November 2020
- "Rep. Kelly tries to make sense of election results, says Democrats must stay united," November 2020
- "Election Day passes quietly, as Hyde Park and city hold breath," November 2020
- "Landon endorses state's health measures against COVID-19, urges compliance," October 2020
- "Hyde Park restaurants reckon with new ban on indoor dining," October 2020
- "In South Shore, nursing home workers remember first wave of pandemic," October 2020
- "Plan for $60 million renovation of Cottage Grove 'L' station includes link to new POAH building," October 2020
- "Drexel Blvd. improvements break ground in Kenwood; paths will be ready by end of fall," October 2020
- "Cases, positivity increasing in Hyde Park area, as second wave of COVID threatens Chicago," October 2020
- "50th anniversary of Gen. Richard Jones Armory rings with praise for Ill. National Guard’s Black history," October 2020
- "A country escape, from epidemic to pandemic, in the footsteps of Hyde Parkers past," October 2020
- "Vandalism of Breonna Taylor memorial reinforces kindergartners' lesson," October 2020
- "Pritzker says graduated tax amendment would bring economic fairness, financial stability to Illinois," October 2020
- "Bea Lumpkin, 102-year-old Kenwood socialist, votes by mail for Joe Biden," October 2020
- "Black Hyde Park skincare specialists await return to work — and customers to receiving care," October 2020
- "Hyde Park-Kenwood rabbis plan for High Holy Days of pandemic year 5781," September 2020
- "Rep. Robin Kelly announces bid for Democratic leadership position in U.S. House," September 2020
- "Cove Lounge, Falcon Inn regulars cap 6 weeks of potluck barbecues at Iowa Building," September 2020
- "1st-day attendance at Hyde Park-Kenwood public elementary schools below district average, but grew through the week," September 2020
- "Unions, patients frustrated as closure of clinics looms, though county promises preservation of services at Provident," August 2020
- "Local Black women in politics look to one of their own, Kamala Harris, as Democrats' vice presidential nominee," August 2020
- "Hyde Park couple start AYO, a West African frozen food line," July 2020
- "Gayle Harris-Neely fulfills lifelong career goal as new Ray School principal," July 2020
- "Muddy Waters' house gets renovations grant from African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund," July 2020
- "New St. Thomas the Apostle School administration says responding to COVID, staff diversity top issues," July 2020
- "Staff and residents at Montgomery Place, COVID-free since April, adapt to the pandemic," July 2020
- "Lawsuit alleges George Floyd protesters arrested in Hyde Park did not get access to attorneys, phone calls in custody," July 2020
- "Police broke into, lounged in Rep. Rush’s Washington Park campaign office as looters struck surrounding retailers," June 2020
- "Police Board President Ghian Foreman reports police struck him with baton at May 31 protest," June 2020
- "Thousands march through Bronzeville for Black lives, police reform," June 2020
- "Governor, Black legislators call for police reform at Washington Park press conferences," June 2020
- "How a peaceful protest march evolved into violence," June 2020
- "Kenwood business owners, volunteers clean up after looting," June 2020
- "Violence spreads to Hyde Park; mayor imposes citywide curfew; CTA curtails service," May 2020
- "Hyde Park calm as mayor declares citywide curfew, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.," May 2020
- "Preckwinkle talks first veto of presidency, the coronavirus summer and beyond," May 2020
- "Economics collides with public health as restaurant owners, government officials plan for advent of outdoor dining," May 2020
- "Hundreds of meals distributed every day at Ray School: 'We don't ask questions. We'll just give you whatever you ask for,'" May 2020
- "Remembering Bar Louie, icon of the 2000s for South Side Black professionals and creatives," May 2020
- "Teachers outline difficulties middle schoolers cope with remote learning," May 2020
- "Toni Preckwinkle focuses on the crises of the here and now," April 2020
- "UCMC nurses say they are understaffed, overworked as 33 colleagues test positive for virus," April 2020
- "30% of residents at South Shore nursing home infected with, under investigation for having coronavirus," April 2020
- "North Kenwood block affirms life with daily, joyous, socially distant drum circle," April 2020
- "Rebuild Foundation artists, in isolation, reflect on the times and look to the future," April 2020
- "Chaturanga begins offering fitness classes online for free, and customers find community," March 2020
- "U. of C. Medical Center experts urge people to stay home and help protect most vulnerable," March 2020
- "Updates: Coronavirus preparations underway in Hyde Park-Kenwood," March 2020
- "Rush tries to fend off 3 challengers as 1st District race winds down," March 2020
- "Historic Sutherland sign loaned for traveling Smithsonian ‘Green Book’ exhibition," February 2020
- "Sola Salon franchisee sees expanding business a month after opening, and stylists are turning profits," February 2020
- "Barbara O’Connor, architect of independent Hyde Park politics, dies at 89," January 2020
- "Storm ravages lakefront; no money for repairs," January 2020
- "King, Hairston vote yes on city budget that includes $15 minimum wage and tax levy increase," November 2019
- "Rep. Rush looks back and forward; remembers Black Panthers and rails against Comcast," November 2019
Star Tribune
- "Midwest Traveler: A Pride guide to LGBT Chicago," June 2019
- "Midwest Traveler: When in Detroit, eat everything," September 2018
- "Midwest Traveler: Cosmopolitan Columbus, Ohio, punches above its weight," April 2018
- "Midwest Traveler: Northeast Ohio's old and new taste traditions," February 2018
- "Midwest Traveler: Taking flight in Dayton, Ohio," January 2018
- "Nebraska Panhandle holds High Plains vistas, kitsch and good grub," November 2017
- "Chicago's Elevated Northern Burb" (Evanston, Illinois), October 2017
- Excerpted in The Week newsmagazine
- "Midwest Traveler: French- and German-American history preserved in sleepy Ste. Genevieve, Mo." August 2017
- "Midwest Traveler: Athens, Ohio, where the Old Northwest began," July 2017
- "Notre Dame isn't the only sight to see in South Bend, Ind." March 2017
- "Midwest Traveler: Lawrence is Kansas' cultural oasis," February 2017
- "Midwest Traveler: Get to know the South Side of Chicago," December 2016
- "Midwest Traveler: Bloomington, Ind., a great place to visit in summer," August 2016
them.
- "At Downtown Olly’s, Indianapolis’ LGBTQ+ Community Finds a (24 Hour, Breakfast-Serving) Home," May 2019
The Advocate
- "Pete Buttigieg Has Officially Announced His Run for President," April 2019
- "Can You Get the PrEP You Need? A Special Report," April 2018
- "Wisconsin voters chose Trump. Will they keep Tammy Baldwin?" July 2017
- "Falling for Angels closes with a wedding and a meditation on urban gay life," January 2018
- "Falling for Angels covers the gay threesome issues," January 2018
- "Falling for Angels: Middle-age, sexless marriage: What's to be done?" January 2018
- "Falling for Angels: Leimert Park details horrors of the closet," December 2017
- "Falling for Angels explores Asian men leaving gay racism behind," December 2017
- "Falling for Angels is a timely depiction of gay L.A," December 2017
- "Dem candidates for Illinois Gov. spar over who's most LGBT-friendly," December 2017
- "Facing closure, Chicago's oldest bathhouse throws epic party for the ages," November 2017
The Hechinger Report
- "Even at elite colleges lauded for their generosity, some students take on debt," March 2019
- Published by NBC News: "Even at elite colleges lauded for generosity, some students take on debt," March 2019
- "A big reason rural students never go to college: Colleges don’t recruit them," March 2019
- Published by NPR: "One Reason Rural Students Don't Go To College: Colleges Don't Go To Them," March 2019
Chicago Reader
Gothenburg Times
Belt Magazine
- "As Ohio goes: One year removed from Election Day 2016, voters from the ultimate bellwether state reflect on a divided nation," November 2017
Ethnography
- "Aspirations and Expectations of Rural Indiana Adolescent Males," master's thesis, University of Chicago Division of Social Sciences, August 2017
- "The College Choice Process of Top-Performing Rural Indiana High School Students," undergraduate honors thesis in sociology, Stanford University, May 2015
Sullivan Daily Times
- Assorted clips, Summer 2009
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