Essays

The Abolition Movement, Vanity Fair
Elegies for Mercy, Gawker
The Men Who Left Were White, Gawker
The Gospel According to Pusha T, The Atlantic
Movement Generations: On Julian Bond, Seven Scribes
We Lean Towards Joy, Seven Scribes
Seven Mondays After the Marathon, Gawker
My Brother, the Violent Offender, Slate

Politics and Commentary

How the Rich and Powerful are Shutting Down Free Speech, Daily Kos
The trouble with the liberal arguments against third-party voters, Daily Kos
Say Her Name: Black Women Need More Attention from the Racial Justice Movement, Ebony
How Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Has Failed West Baltimore, Gawker
Black Voter Cheat Sheet, Ebony (February 2016 print issue)
Men Who Kill, Gawker
Your Opinion on Gun Control Doesn't Matter, Daily Kos
Trump's Racist Imprecision, Daily Kos
 

Prosecutors and Criminal Justice

The Myth of the Progressive Prosecutor, The New York Times
Prosecutors aren't just enforcing the law—they're making it, The Appeal
"We can make him disappear": The Power of County Sheriffs, The Appeal
Where is all the Data?, The Appeal
Whose fault is mass incarceration?, Daily Kos
Rape victim, murderer, death row inmate: Terry Williams and the corrupt justice of Pennsylvania, Daily Kos
America the lenient?, Daily Kos
Detroit's head prosecutor doesn't believe these black kids can change, Daily Kos 
This prosecutor's decision could mean serious harm for wrongfully convicted, Daily Kos
The horrifying behavior of Anita Alvarez, Chicago's head prosecutor, Daily Kos
Why former prosecutors shouldn't be judges, Daily Kos