Jackie’s Goodbye
The cost of Alzheimer’s
National Journal (Cover Story), October 2014
National Magazine Award Finalist
Anthologized in The Best American Magazine Writing 2015
Longreads Best of 2014
Life, Death and Insulin
As the cost of insulin skyrockets,
some desperate diabetics are rationing — and risking their lives.
The Washington Post Magazine (Cover Story), January 2019
Longreads Best of 2019
The Lost Season
Baltimore’s St. Frances Academy has a football team
so good that no one will play it.
The Washington Post Magazine (Cover Story), April 2018
The Last Frontier for Gay Rights
A powerful liberal activist, a rural conservative town
and a debate that won’t end
The Washington Post Magazine (Cover Story), April 2018
Why Was the Covid Death Toll So High at Some Veterans Homes?
How Charlotte Hall Veterans Home in Maryland
was devastated by the pandemic
The Washington Post Magazine, November 2021
The Pandemic Postponed the 2020 Olympics.
This Maryland Rugby Player Is Hopeful for 2021.
The Washington Post Magazine, July 2021
Only Human
How an American ex-jihadi struggled to rebuild his life
in the country he'd once vowed to destroy.
The New Republic, November 2017
Is Jen Hatmaker the Conscience of Evangelical Christianity?
She is paying a steep price
for speaking out for what she believes.
POLITICO Magazine, December 2017
The Sex-Abuse Scandal That Devastated a Suburban Megachurch
Inside the rise and fall of Sovereign Grace Ministries
Washingtonian, February 2016
The Culture Warrior in Winter
The end of the old Religious Right
National Journal (Cover Story), July 2014
The Disappearance of a Distinctively Black Way to Mourn
As many African American-owned funeral homes close,
communities are losing a means of grieving—and protest.
The Atlantic online, January 2016
What Killed the Jingle?
Advertisers have ditched the upbeat tunes,
replacing them with standard pop hits.
The Atlantic online, August 2016
God and Jeb Bush
Inside his spiritual journey
National Journal (Cover Story), March 2015
Why Can’t the FDA Fix Outdated Birth Control Labels?
Misinformation and the politics of contraception
The Daily Beast, March 2014
South Carolina
A reporter trails Nikki Haley.
Religion & Politics, March 2013
Why We Wait for a Non-European Pope
Rome and the rise of the Global South
Religion & Politics, February 2013
Unplugged
How Obama’s bid to expand Internet access ran into big trouble.
The New Republic, January 2011
Where's the Welcome Wagon?
GOProud may have come out at CPAC, but it still doesn't fit in.
The New Republic, February 2011
Too Much Judgment
The media’s shameful, cruel obsession with those awaiting the rapture
The New Republic, May 2011
Doug Out
Serving as the ambassador to Malta should have been a breeze.
The New Republic, May 2011
Things Fall Apart
How Democrats gave up on religious voters
The New Republic, December 2010
The Least Defensible Budget Cut
Why gutting Americorps funding doesn’t make sense
The New Republic, April 2011