Writing/editorial positions

  • Independent journalist and essayist with particular focus on prisons and the criminal justice system. Emphasis on communities of color, immigrants, women and gender, racism and discrimination, the drug war, health and addiction, environment, culture, HIV and HCV epidemics, class and poverty, 1996-present.

  • Senior Editor, In These Times, Fall 2005-present. (Former contributing editor.) In These Times is the recipient of Utne Magazine's Best Political Coverage Independent Press Awards for 2006.

  • Advisory Board Member, Real Change (Seattle's newspaper of the poor and homeless), 2000-present.

  • Board Member, Prison Legal News, 2005-present.

  • Drug War reporter, AlterNet, 2007-present.

  • Columnist, Women, Media, Criminal Justice & Prisons, as a part of the Women in Media and News site.

  • Monthly Columnist/Community and Social Justice, Seattle Conscious Choice (formerly the Evergreen Monthly), February 2005-March 2006.

  • Staff Writer, ColorsNW Magazine, March 2003-May 2004.

  • Nightlife reviewer, Citysearch Seattle, 2003.

  • Contributing Editor, Criminal Defense Weekly, 2002.




Awards and recognition

  • "Powerful Woman" award in recognition of community service on behalf of girls and young women, Powerful Voices, 2007.

  • Winner of the 2006 New American Media award for Immigration Reporting, in recognition of a ColorsNW Magazine cover story on post-9/11 treatment of immigrants and communities of color, The Real Enemy? Awarded Nov. 14, 2006, in Washington, D.C.

  • Two PASS Awards 2006 from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Awarded March 2007 for "Stunning Revelations: The untold story of Taser-related deaths"; and for "No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off: Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder-gets-the convict shuffle game, both for In These Times magazine.

  • PASS Award 2005 from bthe National Council on Crime and Deliquency. Awarded March 2006 for "Cashing in on Cons," about the political and economic implications of the privatization of prisons and prison-related businesses. Cover story, January 2005, In These Times.

  • PASS Award 2004 from the National Council on Crime and Deliquency. Awarded March 2005 in the magazine writing category for "Until the End of Their Days," about the impact of three strikes sentencing on African American men in Washington State. A PDF of that story is now online at ColorsNW Magazine.

  • Three unrestricted research grants, 2005-2006, from The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund.

  • First Place--Social Issues Reporting, "Until the End of Their Days," about Three Strikes prisoners in Washington State. ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2004.

  • First Place--Government/Political Reporting, "Balance the Scales of Justice," about buy/bust drug war policies and communities of color. ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western bWashington competition, 2004.

  • Second Place--Social Issues, "Africans in America," (changing definitions of what it means to be African American and Black in light of new migration patterns to the U.S.). ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2006.

  • Second Place--Editorial Writing, "Don't Box Me In: Mixed Race in America," about transculturalism and mixed ethnicities. ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2004.

  • First Place--Social Issues Reporting, "City of Lost Children," about the detention of juvenile immigrants in Eastern Washington. ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2003.

  • First Place--Social Issues Reporting, "Behind the Backlash," a storyabout post-Sept. 11 backlash against Arab Americans, South Asians and Muslims. ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2002.

  • Second Place--Social Issues Reporting, "Seeking Shelter," a story about homeless people of color. ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2002.

  • First Place--Editorial Writing, "Race: Is it time to give up the four-letter word?" ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2002.

  • Third Place--Social Issues Reporting, "Behind the Facade (racism in the Pacific Northwest). ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2005.

  • Honorable Mention--Social Issues Reporting, "The Long Way Home (homeownership, racism and predatory lending in communities of color). ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2005.

  • Honorable Mention--Government/Political Reporting, "Power to the People (voting/disenfranchisement in communities of color). ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2005.

  • Third Place--Government/Political Reporting, "Broken Promises," about the impact of BIA trust fund scandal on Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest. Joint award, ColorsNW Magazine. Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Western Washington competition, 2003.

  • Full scholarship award to National Conference on Media Reform, May 2005, St. Louis, Missouri. b

  • Full sponsorship to attend "Journalism That Matters" conference, Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, Michigan, October 2005.

  • Casey Journalism Center Fellow for "Covering Children's Health," San Francisco, October 2004.

  • HedgebrookResidency, April 2004. Writing residency for international women writers.

  • Finalist, 2003 Soros Media Fellowship (Criminal Justice).

  • Finalist, 2000 Livingston Awards for reporting. (ForMotherJones.com story on women's health care in prison.)



Radio/Television interviews and presentations

    (To be updated soon!)

  • American Heritage Series: Who is African-American," a Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas forum regarding the changing demographics and definitions of what it means to be "African" or "Black" in light of immigration patterns. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, April 14, 2006. Televised and available as streaming media streaming video on the Seattle Channel.

  • Interview on RadioNation with Laura Flanders on AirAmerica, media roundtable on feminism, media, immigrants and the deconstruction of race. March 29, 2006. An edited version is available as a Podcast MP3.

  • Interviews regarding In These Times cover story, "Stunning Revelations," about Taser-associated abuse and deaths, on several radio stations nationwide: KUCI/NPR-affiliate ("Justice or Just Us?"), Southern California; WORT/Pacifica-affiliate (Barbara Golden's Access Hour).

  • Interview on Voices of Diversity, KBCS, on immigration-related issues. May 10, 2006. Available as an mp3 on the Bellevue-based radio station's Voices of Diversity audio archive page.

  • Interview on Fire on the Prairie, presented by In These Times, on the state of the prison industry. June 13, 2005 This is also available as a Podcast MP3.

  • Other radio interviews have included: The Jon Elliott Show (San Diego's Progressive Talk AM 1360 KLSD, the #1 rated weekend talk show in S. California); WAIF 88.3 FM in Cincinnati, Ohio; and numerous other bcommunity radio and television programs in Seattle (Reclaim the Media, ACLU).

  • Moderator for "Deconstructing race," and "Passing in Jewish/Black culture," two separate panel presentations involving diverse groups of academics and critical thinkers, Seattle Art Museum, 2004.



Book Projects

  • Co-editor, "Living Diary," a book of poetry and prose by young, at-risk and incarcerated girls in King County. Authored introduction and conclusion of this project, under the auspices of Powerful Voices.
  • My book anthology contributions are located at the bottom of this page.



Selected Articles/Writing and Photo Credits

    2007

  • "Suffering Secondary Trauma," In These Times, November 2007.

  • "A Life Out of Balance," interview with Paula Kamen about Finding Iris Chang, Real Change News, Oct. 17-23, 2007.

  • Justice Denied: Flozelle Woodmore," In These Times (online), August 2, 2007.

  • "The Drug War's Collateral Damage," In These Times, July 2007. (Reprinted on AlterNet.)

  • "Thirst," Sierra, June 2007 (book review).

  • "Incarceration Nation," The Nation (web, reprinted on AlterNet), January 6, 2007.

  • "Crude: The Story of Oil," Sierra, January/February 2007 (book review.)

  • "Non-lethal Weaponry: The Next Generation," In These Times (back cover), January 2007.

    2006

  • "Dread Beats: The dub poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson," In These Times, December 2006 (back cover).

  • "Stunning Revelations: The untold story of Taser-related deaths (cover story), In These Times, November 2006. With two sidebars, "Civilian Marketing" and "Passive Resisters." Chosen as an Utne.com featured pick, and reprinted in numerous publications nationwide, including the Illinois Times, AlterNet, and other domestic and international publications, including New Zealand.

  • "God Pod on Trial: Litigation over Christian Programming in Prisons Heats Up," Lead News story, Santa Fe Reporter, November 15-22, 2006.

  • "End Medical Experimentation on Prisoners Now," In These Times (web commentary), September 24, 2006.

  • "Follow the Prison Money Trail," In These Times, September 2006. Reprinted on AlterNet, September 11, 2006.

  • "Still Bearing the Scars: Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary says people of color need to tune into the internal damage wrought by Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome," Real Change, August 23-29, 2006.

  • "Narcissists 'R' Us: Three decades later, Christopher Lasch's analysis stil neatly explains why self-love will tear us apart," In These Times, August 2006. Reprinted as "In Love With Ourselves," AlterNet, August 15, 2006. (Top 10 Alternet book reviews of 2006.)

  • "Kal (Black) Like Me: A new generation of Roma are insisting on rights and dignity, and an innovative Belgrade-based musical group is more than willing to be a voice of liberation for the lengo drom ahead," In These Times (back cover), July 2006.

  • "Pow! Shazaam! It's Minoriteam!'", In These Times (lead culture piece), June 2006.

  • "Convict Nation," In These Times (web exclusive), June 1, 2006.

  • "No Room in Prison? Ship 'Em Off: Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder-gets-the-convict shuffle game," In These Times, May 2006. Reprinted in Prison Legal News, October 2006. Also an Utne Web Watch pick, May 22, 2006.

  • "Being Seen: Brown, bold, and beautiful," Real Change, May 4-11, 2006. (Analysis of local immigration march and unique political moment in Seattle Latino history and civil rights.)

  • "Reporting on America's Most Unwanted: Immersion journalists Sasha Abramsky and Steve Bogira bring the lives of the impoverished, adjudicated and disenfranchised to life," In These Times (web exclusive), April 27, 2006.

  • "Race Riot? It's far too easy to pin recent violence bin the L.A. County Jail on ethnic tension," In These Times, April 2006.

  • "The Real Enemy? Over the last several years, essential American freedoms and liberties have eroded before our eyes. The nation's immigrant and Muslim populations have suffered the brunt of post-9/11 abuses of authority," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), April 2006.

  • "Erasing Whiteness," The Nation, web exclusive, March 20, 2006.

  • "Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary talks about her provocative new book," In These Times (back cover), March 2006. Reprinted/AlterNet.

  • "Living an Engaged Life," Conscious Choice (monthly column), March 2006.

  • "The Womanists Among Us: Gender roles have shifted and women's status in society has markedly changed. But the struggle for women's rights is not over, just more complex," cover story for Seattle Conscious Choice, February 2006.

  • "Cult of Character: How the 'secular' Character Training Institute is working to build evangelist Bill Gothard's vision of a First-Century Kingdom of God--one city, one state, one school board, one police force--and one mind at a time," In These Times (cover story with sidebars: "Gothard's Gender Laws," "Staying ALERT," "Trouble Brews for the IBLP," and "From Russia to Australia: Character and Christ"), January 2006.

  • "Locked Up for Life: 13 years after the passage of the 'Persistent Offender Act,' what kind of justice is served by keeping men like Stevan Dozier locked up?," Real Change, Dec. 28, 2005-Jan. 3, 2006.

  • "Damage Control: Minimizing self-destructive behaviors is the best--and hardest--resolution for 2006," Seattle Conscious Choice (monthly column), January 2006.

    2005

  • "Bad Girls," In These Times, December 2005. (Women, prison and televised portrayals, reprinted on AlterNet.)

  • "Justice Denied/Former Army Chaplain James Yee was everything the military would have wanted: loyal, dedicated, and devoted to God and country," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), December 2005.

  • "Hard Knocks: McCarthyism meets its match in present-day treatment of immigrants and Muslims," Evergreen Monthly (column), December 2005.

  • "Evil Territory: Knowing where jealousy stops and envy begins is a path to healthier self-esteem," Evergreen Monthly, December 2005.

  • "God Pod Under Fire: Prison program sparks lawsuit," Santa Fe Reporter, Nov. 15-22, 2005.

  • "Cops and Harm Reduction Hotties, Oh My!," about the 2005 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, In These Times, November 14-18, 2005.

  • "Breaking Rank: Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper takes on the drug war," In These Times (with extended version online), November 2005.

  • "Funding the Fundies: HHS issues new abstinence grants," In These Times, November 2005. (With xpanded version online.)

  • "Clear and Present Chutzpah: Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper's new book dares to speak the ugliest truths," Evergreen Monthly (column), November 2005.

  • "Alls or Nothings: The U.S class divide deepens under Bush," In These Times, October 20, 2005.

  • "Media Matters: Media reform, literacy and justice. Why should you care?," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), October 2005.

  • "Blog Wild: Seattle's Alex Steffen and WorldChanging.com," Evergreen Monthly, October 2005.

  • "Poor Reception: It took Hurricane Katrina to bring the real extent of U.S. poverty into our living rooms," Evergreen Monthly (monthly column), October 2005.

  • "Matriarchs of the Central District: Business owners, confidantes, protectors and guardians--meet the women who command the respect of the neighborhood," Seattle Magazine, September 2005.

  • "Smoked Out: The 'war on drugs' has evolved into a war on weed," AlterNet, September 12, 2005

  • "War on Weed: Marijuana offenses account for nearly half of New Mexico's drug arrests," Santa Fe Reporter (lead news story), September 7-13, 2005.

  • "Veterans Daze: Forget the Stereotypes. The returning soldiers are likely to be baby-faced," Evergreen Monthly (monthly column), September 2005.

  • "Inside the American Correctional Association," Prison Legal News (cover story--version of 1/05 ITT feature), September 2005.

  • "One Nation, Under Watch" (cover story on the implications of the PATRIOT Act reauthorization), Santa Fe Reporter, August 3-10, 2005. With sidebar, "Learning from the past." Reprinted by AlterNet, AltWeeklies.com.

  • "Africans in America: The Changing Face of the Black community (cover story)," ColorsNW Magazine, August 2005. With sidebar, "Changing demographics in the U.S. Black population."

  • "Remote Access: The cure for 'time poverty,'" Evergreen Monthly (monthly column), August 2005.

  • "Finding Center (a historical and present-day look at Seattle's Central District)," Seattle Magazine, August 2005.

  • "Torture Fatigue," In These Times (lead culture essay), July 11, 2005 issue. Reprinted in Sacramento News & Review, among others.

  • "Not All In Your Head: A new book illuminates the way we think of women and chronic pain," Evergreen Monthly (column), July 2005.

  • "Reefer Madness: Is sanity breaking out? Despite the Supreme Court's ruling against medical marijuana and a scary proposed snitch law, America may finally be awakening from its decades-long stupor about recreational drugs," Salon.com (lead opinion piece), June 6, 2005.

  • "Border Crossings: To be queer and a person of color," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), June 2005.

  • "Lost in the System: Native American prisoners allege that they have been separated and shipped out after advocating for their own religious rights in Washington State," ColorsNW Magazine, June 2005.

  • "Age-old Question," Evergreen Monthly, June 2005.

  • "Uncontrolled Substances: Our drug laws have failed miserably--and only increased demand," Evergreen Monthly (monthly column), May 2005.

  • "Take It or Cleave It: Knowing what we know about how meat and slaughterhouse conditions, is it possible to be an ethical meat eater?," Evergreen Monthly (cover story), May 2005.

  • "Grant in Grants: Federal money for female inmate programs delayed, diverted," Santa Fe Reporter, March 30-April 5, 2005.

  • "Superiority Complex: Deny it. Ignore it. Feel above it. But the fact is, we have an ethical obligation to consider the fate of the homeless could be our own," Evergreen Monthly (monthly column), April 2005.

  • "Beyond the God Pod: A new era of Christian programs makes life better for some women prisoners--the ones who believe," cover story, Santa Fe Reporter, March 9-16, 2005. Syndicated through AlterNet and AltWeeklies.com.

  • "On Behalf of Battered Women (profile of attorney Olivia Wang)," California Lawyer, March 2005.

  • "Forked Tongues: Does Seattle Have a Problem with 'Passive Aggressive' Behavior?," Evergreen Monthly column, March 2005.

  • "Writers, R.I.P. From Hunter S. Thompson to Gary Webb, why are critical thinkers killing themselves?," Real Change, March 2-9, 2005.

  • "Cashing in on Cons: Undercover at the American Association's 2005 Winter Conference," cover story, In These Times, February 28, 2005. With three sidebars: "A Dubious Distinction: Corrupting the prison accreditation process;" "Do You Like Adventure? Exporting the fun of correctional services to Iraq;" and "The Wild, Wild West: 'Sheriff Joe' Arpaio's unorthodox techniques."

  • "The New Los Angeles? Seattle might drive to the same tragic road of pedestrian deaths and a loss of civility--unless we avoid the collision," column debut, Evergreen Monthly, February 2005.

    2004

  • "Homo Sapiens 1900 (film review)," Z Magazine, December 2004.

  • "Voting Rights Discrimination: A Modern Form of the Poll Tax," prepared for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation, December 2004.

  • "Girls Behind Bars: More teenagers are in detention than ever before, sorely at risk of becoming trapped in the criminal justice system," Real Change (cover story/Women's Issue), December 9-22, 2004.

  • "Yuka Honda: The compositional wizard burst onto the music scene as one-half of Cibo Matto. In her second solo album, Eucademix, the mixmaster evolves her sound and style." Venus, Winter 2004-2005.

  • "The UN and Women's Rights" (Book review of "Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rights"), The Women's Review of Books, December 2004.

  • "Election 2004: Short Takes" (reporting from Seattle on Election Night), AlterNet, November 2, 2004.

  • "A Modern-Day Poll Tax" (felony disenfranchisement), The Nation (Ground War 2004 reporting from Seattle), October 29, 2004.

  • "Editing Hopelessness (Q&A with author Paul Loeb)," Evergreen Monthly, November 2004.

  • "Election 2004: Short Takes on the Debate," (contributing writer to analysis of final Tempe, Arizona Presidential Debate), AlterNet, October 13, 2004.

  • "Election 2004: Short Takes on the Debate," (contributing writer to analysis of Town Hall Presidential Debate), AlterNet, October 9, 2004.

  • "Could You Repeat the Question, Please? The vice presidential debate highlighted the administration's willful ignorance over the demographics of the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic," AlterNet, October 6, 2004.

  • "Survival Lit: For many local booksellers, the issue isn't whether Seattle supports literature. It's about where we buy our books--and why," (cover story), Evergreen Monthly, October 2004.

  • "Thorns in the Paw" (contributing report on prison coverage in the media), Clamor Magazine, September/October 2004.

  • "State of Emergency: Comedian Margaret Cho speaks out on revolution, haters, and same-sex love," In These Times (lead web feature), August 25, 2004.

  • "Prison in the Cards: Many black men face a rough new rite of passage," In These Times, August 30, 2004.

  • "Good Fit: Buddhism/not for monks only. Construction workers, attorneys, punk rockers are using Eastern ways to solve the enduring puzzle of faith (cover story)," Evergreen Monthly, August 2004.

  • "The New Plantation: African-American men are now more likely to bget a prison record than a college degree (lead story)," The Gadflyer, July 7, 2004. Syndicated through AlterNet: July 9, 2004.

  • "Only Skin Deep: How American photography creates and reinforces concepts of race and national identity," In These Times (back cover), July 19, 2004.

  • "What Color Is Their Money: Big banks pledge to go green," Sierra, July/August 2004.

  • "Mushroom with a View: Washington's Paul Stamets sees the lowly mushroom as the Next Big Thing for the future of our ecology (cover story)," Evergreen Monthly, July 2004. Reprinted in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Santa Cruz/Dragonfly Media.

  • "On The Inside: Women in prison create strong bonds, have sex, create families and even get 'married.' To prison administrators, their love is a punishable offense," Curve Magazine, June 2004.

  • "The New Blue Gold: The rush to privatize water is underway across the world. In the new documentary 'Thirst,' filmmakers Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow set out to explore the consequences (lead story)," AlterNet, June 22, 2004.

  • "Presidential Credentials: Ron Ward, soon to be the Washington State Bar Association's first African-American president, has defied expectations his entire life," Washington Law&Politics, June/July 2004.

  • "Are Indians a 'security threat group?," Indian Country Today (cover page/part two), May 18, 2004.

  • "In Washington State prisons, are Indians a 'security threat group?," Indian Country Today (cover page/part one), May 12, 2004.

  • "Behind the Facade: Racial Confessions in the Northwest," ColorsNW Magazine, May 2004.

  • "Take It Slow (Slow Food/Slow Time Movement)," Evergreen Monthly (cover story), May 2004.

  • "Taking the Pulse: What local community members have to say about race, politics, elections and power," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), April 2004.

  • "Standing Out, Standing Apart: Musicians Dejha Colantuono (The Rotten Apples) and Michael Crusoe (The Seattle Symphony)," ColorsNW Magazine, April 2004.

  • "Three Strikes Law (update/Vance Bartley)," ColorsNW Magazine, April 2004.

  • Spirituality and relationships roundtable (part II), Evergreen Monthly, April 2004.

  • "Friedman's Bureau: Glen E. on B-Boys, Z-Boys and Jew Boys," HEEB: The New Jew Review, Winter 2004.

  • "Fierce Femme: Aussie goddess Jessy Moss debuts with hard-hitting Street Knuckles," Venus, March/April 2004.

  • "The Long Way Home: For many people of color, homeownership represents a dream deferred," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), March 2004. b

  • "Councilman of Kids: From the pages of his new children's book and on his Seattle City Council post, Nick Licata's vision is about keeping Seattle from becoming 'Zurbia,'" Evergreen Monthly, March 2004.

  • "Love, Faith and Your Relationship (Round Table)," Evergreen Monthly, March 2004.

  • "The New Queer Generation: Listening to gay, lesbian youth of color," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), February 2004.

  • "Inner Lives: Voices of African American Women in Prison (book review)," Prison Legal News, February 2004.

  • "A Force for Change: Luz A. Vega-Marquis, CEO and President of the Marguerite Casey Foundation," ColorsNW Magazine, February 2003.

  • "Tech Workers Combat Offshoring," In These Times (special edition, "Can Labor Lead Again?"), February 16, 2004.

  • "Power to the People: From felony disenfranchisement to disillusionment, Election Year 2004 presents challenges--and new possibilities--for Washington's ethnic communities," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), January 2004.

  • "Profiles in Courage: Immigrant Worker Freedom Riders Find Their Collective Voice," ColorsNW Magazine, January 2004. Profiles of Josefina Corral, Mako Nakagawa, Surjit Dhatt, and Ahmed Noor.

  • "Wheatless in Seattle," January 2004, Evergreen Monthly.

    2003

  • "Criminalizing Motherhood," The Nation, December 2003.

  • "Sherman Alexie: Isn't who you think he is," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), December 2003.

  • "Breaking Bread: Praying, separately and together, in the spirit of unity," ColorsNW Magazine, December 2003.

  • "Learning from the particular," Book review of Chandra Mohanty's 'Feminism without Borders', The Women's Review of Books, December 2003.

  • "Until The End of Their Days: Ten years after Washington voters passed the 'three strikes, you're out' initiative, nearly 220 prisons sit behind bars for life. Proponents say that we've put away the 'worst of the worst,'" ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), November 2003.

  • "The Truth About the Green River Killer," AlterNet (syndicated), November 12, 2003.

  • "Zak and the Art of Snowboarding," Santa Fe Reporter, November 12-18, 2003.

  • "World of Music" (music column), ColorsNW Magazine, November 2003.

  • "Beyond the Jail Cell," (book review of "Are Prisons Obsolete" by Angela Davis), Real Change, October 30-November 12, 2003.

  • "Jessy Moss: Fiery Aussie Rapper," ROCKRGRL, Fall 2003.

  • "Coming Out of the Dark: Cultural competency helps end silent suffering of mentally ill people of color," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), October 2003.

  • "Web of Trauma: Is there a collective, social and historical aspect to mental illness?," ColorsNW Magazine (sidebar), October 2003.

  • "Gary Johnson's Legacy: New Mexico led the way for drug law reform," Santa Fe Reporter, Sept. 24-30, 2003.

  • "An uneven exploration of the underground economy," book review of "Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market," Santa Fe New Mexican, September 21, 2003.

  • "The State of Drug Reform," AlterNet (syndicated), September 18, 2003.

  • "Women on the Edge," In These Times, September 10-21, 2003. Syndicated through AlterNet.

  • "Diversity in the Balance: In post I-200 Washington, contractors of color are getting an even smaller piece of the pie," ColorsNW Magazine, September 2003.

  • "Four Who Dared: CEOs of color," (cover story), ColorsNW Magazine, September 2003.

  • "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: The Militarization of Law Enforcement," (book review), Prison Legal News, September 2003.

  • "A son lives with the Rosenberg legacy," book review of "An Execution in the Family," Santa Fe New Mexican, August 31, 2003.

  • "The Incarceration Craze," AlterNet, August 27, 2003.

  • "Spreading the Word: A new publication takes on Native news," Santa Fe Reporter, August 20-26, 2003.

  • "Growing up in the Chair: Whether you press, perm, twist, braid, extend or wear it natural, it's all about hair," ColorsNW Magazine, August 2003.

  • "Bringing Race Out of the Closet," cover story, ColorsNW Magazine, August 2003.

  • "The Underground Economy" (feature book review of "Reefer Madness"), Real Change, July 24-August 6, 2003.

  • "The Challengers: Seattle City Councilmembers face serious opposition from five candidates of color," cover story, ColorsNW Magazine, July 2003.

  • "The Silent Epidemic: Communities of color are hit hardest by diabetes' steady, stealthy explosion as health providers search for culturally relevant approaches to treatment and prevention," ColorsNW Magazine, July 2003.

  • "Son of the Rosenbergs: Fifth years after the most politicized execution of the 20th century, the son of the Rosenbergs carries the torch of dissent," AlterNet (lead story), June 18, 2003. A version of this feature ran in the Santa Fe Reporter, cover story, June 18-24, 2003, and in Metroland (Albany, NY).

  • "The Real Costs of Incarceration in This Country," (Book review of "Invisible Punishment"), Santa Fe New Mexican, June 8, 2003.

  • "Brother's Keeper: HIV infection has reached epidemic rates among African Americans. Locally, social service providers and Black churches look for ways to support infected people and address HIV prevention and sexuality," ColorsNW Magazine, June 2003.

  • "Black, Female and HIV-positive," ColorsNW Magazine, June 2003.

  • "Mi Familia," ColorsNW Magazine, June 2003.

  • "Leading Edge Litigators: Four attorneys tell what drives them to do the work they do," Washington Law & Politics (cover story on diversity in legal profession), June/July 2003.

  • "The Public is the Enemy," The Nation, May 12-18, 2003.

  • "Tea, in Seattle? Coffee-centrism is finally starting to give way to tea appreciation in the Pacific Northwest," Frontier Magazine, May-June 2003.

  • "The True Depth of American Indian History," (book review of "In The Hands of the Great Spirit"), Santa Fe New Mexican, April 20, 2003.

  • "Reefer Madness, Redux," The Nation (online), April 9, 2003.

  • "Finally, Justice in Tulia," AlterNet (in syndication), April 3, 2003.

  • "Don't Box Me In: For most of American history, multiethnic people have lived in a racial netherworld. Today, they could be considered the pioneers on the frontier of a 'transcultural' society," ColorsNW Magazine, April 2003.

  • "Culture Clash" (special section on PulpSyndicate.com), featuring "No Roof Over My Head (homelessness and people of color) and "Silencing Political Dissent (book review)." March-April 2003.

  • "Gender and Incarceration: How Men and Women Experience Life Behind Bars," Prison Legal News, March 2003. (Book reviews of Prison Masculinities and Counseling Female Offenders and Victims).

  • "Round Up: INS 'special registration' ends in mass arrests," In These Times, February 17, 2003.

  • "Portraits of Diversity: Multiracial Families through Adoption," MAVIN: The Mixed Race Experience, Winter/Spring 2003 (Issue 6).

  • "Bridging the Gap: Black Eyed Peas," MAVIN: The Mixed Race Experience, Winter/Spring 2003 (Issue 6).

  • "Alien in America: Sandra Tsing Loh," MAVIN: The Mixed Race Experience, Winter/Spring 2003 (Issue 6).

  • "Breaking the Cycle: Two bills and an innovative program help families fractured by prison," Santa Fe Reporter (lead news story), February 12-18. 2003.

  • "Alternatransport: Bicyclists and pedestrians try to get heard--and seen," Santa Fe Reporter, February 12-18, 2003.

  • News briefs--Wage discrimination bill, Taos woman tries to raise funds to replace Bush's $34 million UNFPA cut, is second-hand smoke in prison 'cruel and unusual punishment?," in the Santa Fe Reporter, February 12-18, 2003.

  • "Pot Policy: As the New Mexico Legislature considers medical marijuana, the nation's drug czar pays a special visit," Santa Fe Reporter (lead news story), February 5-11, 2003.

  • "Alms for the Poor: Million-dollar emergency appropriation sought for the state's most vulnerable population," Santa Fe Reporter, February 5-11, 2003.

  • News briefs: Food tax repeal, sex offender legislation, human genome research in NM, Santa Fe Reporter, February 5-11, 2003.

  • "Writers discuss impact of views of the revolution in Chiapas, Mexico (review of "The Zapatista Reader"), Santa Fe New Mexican, January 19, 2003.

  • "It Takes a Nation of Detention Facilities to Hold Us Back: Moral Panic & the Disaster Mentality of Immigration Policy" (interview with Professor Michael Welch), AlterNet, February 2003.

    2002

  • "Matriarchal society a success, an anthropologist claims (book review of Women at the Center)," Santa Fe New Mexican, December 29, 2002.

  • "The Other War," The Nation (drug war commentary), December 24, 2002-January 2003.

  • "Balance the Scales of Justice (buy-bust litigation in Seattle), ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), January 2003.

  • "A discourse on the issues that divide Jews (book review of "One People, Two Worlds: A Reform Rabbi and an Orthodox Rabbi Explore the Issues that Divide Them), Santa Fe New Mexican, December 15, 2002.

  • "Not My Body: African women resist female genital mutiliation," Santa Fe Reporter, December 11-17, 2002.

  • "And Justice for All (Immigrants in Washington State who have faced the brunt of hate crimes, raids and detentions since 9/11 are organizing a response through the Hate Free Zone Campaign)," ColorLines, Winter 2002/2003. Syndicated through AlterNet, Dec 2002/Jan 2003.

  • "Cycle of Violence: Battered women who kill their abusers are being jailed," In These Times, November 11-25, 2002.

  • "Hassan Hakmoun's gift to his audience: The ecstatic world of Gnawa music," Pasatiempo/Santa Fe New Mexican, November 8-14, 2002.

  • "Women of the Promised Land: Jewish and Palestinian Women Hold the Key to Peace. It's time for us to listen," AlterNet, November-December 2002.

  • "The Veil: Resistance or Repression? (book review essay)," AlterNet, November-January 2003.

  • "Election 2002: The Underdogs/Gubernatorial candidate David Bacon working to create a 'powerful second force' in state politics," Crosswinds Weekly (Albuquerque/Santa Fe), October 31-November 7, 2002. (Cover story.)

  • "Kathy Sanchez: Candidate for Lt. Governor pursuing a culture of peace," Crosswinds Weekly, October 31-November 7, 2002.

  • "A must read for the political season: Raise the Floor (book review)," Crosswinds Weekly, October 31-November 7, 2002.

  • "City of Lost Children: Each year, over 5,000 undocumented immigrant juveniles are detained in INS custody. One-third of them end up in secured facilities, including a maximum-security facility for juvenile offenders in Eastern Washington," ColorsNW Magazine, October 2002. (In-depth feature.)

  • "The Color of the War on Drugs: Why America's Prisons Are Getting Blacker and Browner (cover story)," Santa Fe Reporter, October 9-15, 2002.

  • "Facing Deportation: The Criminalization of Immigrants in America," Criminal Defense Review, Autumn 2002.

  • "Comadres: Hispanic Women of the Rio Puerco Valley (book review)," Santa Fe New Mexican, October 20, 2002.

  • "Manzanares makes music without borders: Brothers strive for new frontiers with 'Nuevo Latino,'" Pasatiempo/Santa Fe New Mexican, October 11-17, 2002.

  • "DNA: The Prosecutor's Sledgehammer or the Defense's Dream?," Criminal Defense Weekly, October 1-14, 2002.

  • "The Suffering Within: The plight of battered women who kill in self-defense," Z Magazine, October 2002.

  • "Challenging the War on Drugs," AlterNet, September 30, 2002. Also appeared in a slightly different version in the Santa Fe New Mexican (online), September 29, 2002.

  • "Informative, Illuminating History of New Mexico Republished (An Illustrated History of New Mexico--book review), Santa Fe New Mexican, September 22, 2002.

  • "Big Brother Is Testing Your Urine (opposition to random student drug testing mounts)," AlterNet, September 20, 2002.

  • "North Carolina pot prisoner dies in jail cell," High Times, September 20, 2002.

  • "The politics behind our punitive nation (Hard Time Blues: How Politics Build a Prison Nation)," book review, Santa Fe New Mexican, September 15, 2002.

  • "Prison's Shameful Secret" (Special Report/lead feature on prison rape and proposed legislation), The Nation.com, September 9-13, 2002.

  • "Bearing the Burden: Why are communities of color facing obesity and diabetes at epidemic levels?," ColorLines Magazine, Fall 2002.

  • "Prisoners Over Pupils (African American men now more likely to be incarcerated than to be enrolled in college)," AlterNet, September 4, 2002.

  • "The Color of the Drug War," AlterNet, September 2002.

  • "The Suffering Within: The Plight of Battered Women who Kill in Self-Defense," Criminal Defense Weekly, August 15-September 1, 2002.

  • "Voces Feministas," Crosswinds Weekly, August 15-22, 2002.

  • "Guilty of Being Brown (national version)," AlterNet, August 5, 2002.

  • "Storm's Jamaican Champion: Simone Edwards," ColorsNW Magazine, August 2002.

  • "Working Poor: A look at the 'success' of welfare reform (book review of "Lost Ground: Welfare Reform, Poverty and Beyond)," Crosswinds Weekly (Santa Fe and Albuquerque), August 1-8, 2002.

  • "Women Behind Bars (lead non-fiction feature)," Quench, Summer 2002.

  • "Baba's Mind Music," Quench, Summer 2002.

  • "Indian prisoners in Washington State fight seizure of tribal trust fund distributions," Indian Country Today, July 24, 2002.

  • "Free, But Not Forgetting: One woman, freed from prison, speaks out against the War on Drugs," Criminal Defense Weekly, July 29-August 14, 2002.

  • "Guilty of being brown: A new national report exposes the anti-Latino bias in the juvenile justice system," Crosswinds Weekly (Albuquerque and Santa Fe area), July 18-August 1, 2002.

  • "Militarizing the American Criminal Justice System" and "War and Gender (book reviews)," Z Magazine, July/August 2002.

  • "Outside the Walls: Local ex-offenders find life after prison fraught with dead ends, daily frustrations (cover story)," ColorsNW Magazine, June 2002.

  • "Practicing While Black or Brown: Washington's attorneys of color talk about race and reality (cover story)," Washington Law & Politics, June/July 2002.

  • "Dark Legacy: Medical Experimentation in US Prisons," AlterNet, June 24, 2002.

  • "News from Washington, Original Three Strikes State," Criminal Defense Weekly Magazine, June 17-23, 2002.

  • "Political Prisoners or Deadly Cons? The Cases of Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Geronimo Pratt (lead story)," Criminal Defense Weekly, June 10-16, 2002.

  • "Broken Promises: In the largest-ever class-action lawsuit against the federal government, Native Americans demand answers and accountability," ColorsNW Magazine, June 2002. Co-authored.

  • "No Roof Over My Head: People of color now represent the majority of those living homeless in the United States," ColorLines, Summer 2002.

  • "Two filmmakers make environmentalism personal, humorous and very, very blue (review of "Blue Vinyl"), The Jewish Transcript, May 10-May 24, 2002.

  • "Fierce Women (reviews of "Living for Tomorrow" and "Company Jasmine"), The Jewish Transcript, May 10-May 24, 2002.

  • "The BIA's Multi-Billion Dollar Shell Game," Z Magazine (cover story), April 2002. Co-authored.

  • "Three films at Seattle Jewish Film Festival tackle the repercussions of Israel's ongoing battles (review essay of "Primetime War," "A Bomb in the Basement," and "Street Under Fire"), The Jewish Transcript, April 26-May 10, 2002.

  • "Militarizing the American Criminal Justice System: The Changing Roles of the Armed Forces and the Police (book review)," Criminal Defense Weekly (criminaldefense.com), April 1-7, 2002.

  • "Girls' School: Creating the Next Generation of Women Leaders," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), March 2002.

  • "Twelve Days in a Strip Cell," ColorsNW Magazine, March 2002.

  • "Idaho's Prison Labor Scandal," Prison Legal News (cover story), March 2002.

  • "Arrested Development: Drug-related arrests are up at colleges nationwide," High Times, February 27, 2002.

  • "Deadbeat dads--or just dead broke: Tough collection tactics ignore economic realities, more critics now say," Christian Science Monitor (Work&Money), February 4, 2002.

  • "Diet for a Reggae Planet (Everton Blender profile)," High Times, February 2002.

  • "A tent with a view: Isle eco-tourism pleases--and preserves," Christian Science Monitor (Travel section), January 30, 2002.

  • "We Have a Dream: After nearly two decades, a museum honoring African Americans is finally on the horizon in Seattle. The question is, what took so long?", Seattle Magazine, January/February 2002.

  • "The Prison as Laboratory: Experimental medical research on inmates is on the rise" (cover story), In These Times, January 7-21, 2002.

    2001

  • "Lights out for long hours? Just as a rethinking of America's overwork ethic broadens, a rising tide of layoffs may have more workers worried about looking busy," Christian Science Monitor/Work&Money (Lead feature), December 17, 2001. With one sidebar.

  • "Island Revolution: Seattle's Experience Music Project Takes a Comprehensive Look at Reggae Performance History," RHYTHM Magazine, December 2001.

  • "Penelope Houston: Wild and Brave," VenusZine, December 2001.

  • "For low-wage earners, rent money still out of reach," Christian Science Monitor (Work&Money section), December 3, 2001.

  • "Seeing the Light: A week in Seattle's houses of worship," ColorsNW (cover story), December 2001.

  • "The Hanukkah Thief: A Tale of Love, Cupcakes and the Maccabean Spirit," Seattle Weekly, November 29-December 5, 2001.

  • "Punitive Measures (HIV+ man kept in solitary confinement in Nebraska)," In These Times, November 26-December 10, 2001.

  • "Acceptable Hatred: In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Arab-Americans, Muslims and Sikhs feel the rage of a society that never seems to have come to terms with their presence," ColorsNW (cover story), November 2001.

  • "Introverts of the World, Unite!," Gadfly (gadflyonline.com), November 2001.

  • "In the Minority: As racial tensions in our city bubble to the surface, leaders from six of our minority communities speak out," Seattle Magazine, October 2001.

  • "Seeking Shelter: How can people of color on the streets be so invisible--and so clearly in the majority--and the same time?," ColorsNW Magazine, October 2001.

  • "Chained to Debt," Real Change (cover story), October 4-17, 2001.

  • "From Laos to America: an organic farmer's tale," Christian Science Monitor/Work&Money, September 24, 2001.

  • "Baba's Mind Music," Gadfly, September 2001.

  • Contributing report to "Good Samaritans offer solace for fellow New Yorkers," by Ron Scherer, Christian Science Monitor, September 13, 2001.

  • "Sleepless in Seattle (profile of an overnight worker in "The other 9 to 5"), Christian Science Monitor, September 4, 2001.

  • "Seattle's Father of Reggae," ColorsNW, September 2001.

  • "We Want Your Computer Logs (US Attorney's office demands server logs from IMC during Quebec protests)," High Times, September 2001.

  • "Avoiding a house of (credit) cards: Interview with Robert Manning," Christian Science Monitor/Work&Money section, August 6, 2001.

  • "Sex Behind Bars: Prison guards aren't being prosecuted for raping inmates," In These Times, August 20, 2001.

  • "A Radical With a Cause: Nearly 50 years after the Rosenbergs were executed as spies, their son supports the children of progressives and activist youth--guilty or not," Moment Magazine, August 2001.

  • "Jew Boy: Surviving the Survivor. Alan Kaufman Steps out of the Holocaust's Long Shadow," Real Change, July 26-August 8, 2001.

  • "Behind Bars: A burgeoning local movement works to change laws that put a disproportionate number of people of color in jail for drug-related offenses," ColorsNW Magazine, July 2001.

  • "Silicon on Celluloid: The dotcom retrospectives roll," Christian Science Monitor, June 25, 2001. Also reprinted in the Tri-City Herald, Modesto Bee, Sacramento Bee, Star Tribune (Twin Cities area), Bakersfield Californian, and Anchorage Daily News, June 25, 2001.

  • "Detoxing Your Home," Simplycity Magazine, July/August 2001.

  • "Unclear and Present Danger: United States and Canada investigate Indymedia Center," In These Times, June 11, 2001.

  • "Grief, rage--and new questions: After last week's killing of Aaron Roberts by police, new information bolsters concerns about the shooting that shook the heart of Seattle's African-American community," ColorsNW Magazine (News Extra supplement), June 7, 2001.

  • "Diversity in Seattle and Beyond: What Census 2000 tells us about who we are and where we might be headed," ColorsNW Magazine (cover story), June 2001.

  • "Race: Isn't it time to give up on the four-letter word?" (journalism, science and the concept of race), ColorsNW Magazine, June 2001.

  • "Michael Rose," High Times (feature music profile), June 2001.

  • "Women Behind Bars," Prison Legal News (lead story), June 2001.

  • "Inside Jobs: Debate breaks out over bids to expand prison labor for private firms," Christian Science Monitor (Lead story/Work&Money), May 14, 2001.

  • "Business from behind bars: profitable, or not," Christian Science Monitor (sidebar/Work&Money), May 14, 2001.

  • "Private jobs for federal prisoners," Christian Science Monitor (sidebar/Work&Money), May 14, 2001.

  • "The Craze of Incarceration" (feature book review: Going Up the River, Asphalt Justice and Prison Masculinities), The Progressive, May 2001.

  • "Consenting to Death" (the McVeigh execution), AlterNet, May 8-15, 2001. Syndicated to publications including Toronto's NOW (independent weekly) and the Illinois Times.

  • "Hepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic Strikes U.S. Prisons," AlterNet May 2001, and top pick for Utne Web Watch on May 15.

  • "Kutfather: Samoan spice in the hip-hop mix," ColorsNW, May 2001.

  • "Altered State: New Mexico passes major drug reform legislation," In These Times, April 30, 2001.

  • "Caught in the Drug War (women, drugs and prison)," AlterNet, April 24-May 1, 2001. Appeared as the cover story for the Desert Post Weekly (Palm Springs/Coachella Valley area), May 3-10, 2001. With two photos, including cover photo.

  • "Critical Condition: The deaths of eight inmates renew concerns about medical care inside California's prisons," In These Times, April 2, 2001.

  • "California Legislative Committee Hearing Meets Behind Prison Walls to Hear Testimony from Female Prisoners," Prison Legal News, April 2001.

  • "New Mexico's Drug-Law Package," High Times (online), April 26, 2001.

  • "The Nakhes of Writing," Forward, March 30-April 5, 2001.

  • "Seattle Still Simmers: Police tactics and corporate globalization remain hot topics," High Times, April 2001.

  • "Michael Rose: Living the Truth," RootsWorld, March 26-April 2, 2001.

  • "The African-Israelite Connection" (reviews of Sister/Wife and Genesis), The Jewish Transcript, March 23-April 6, 2001.

  • "Carrying on the tradition of arguing the world" (review of Arguing the World), The Jewish Transcript, March 23-April 6, 2001.

  • "Eugenics 101: Race Hygiene" (review of Homo Sapiens 1900), The Jewish Transcript, March 23-April 6, 2001.

  • "Amazon.combat: Company layoffs coincide with union drive," In These Times, March 19, 2001.

  • "Jew Boy" (featured book review and author interview), Gadfly, March/April 2001.

  • "Bad, Black Dealers and Junkie White Girls" (analysis of ethnic/gender issues in "Traffic" and "Requiem for a Dream"), Alternet (news/syndication service), March 13-20, 2001.

  • "Free, But Not Forgetting (Amy Ralston receives clemency)," High Times, March/April 2001.

  • "Drug War Outrage Fuels New Website," Utne Reader Online (Lead story), February 15-22, 2001.

  • "The Roaring Lion of Afro-Beat: Femi Kuti," CODE, February 2001.

  • "Economic Apartheid: What's behind the boom-time curtain?" (Interview with author Chuck Collins), AlterNet, February 2001.

  • "Labor's New Front Lines: Promising a fairer distribution of the fruits of economic growth, unions reach for a broader base," Christian Science Monitor (Lead feature/Work&Money), January 29, 2001.

  • "The changing faces of labor," Christian Science Monitor, January 29, 2001.

  • "Unions Take to the Web," Christian Science Monitor, January 29, 2001.

  • "Hepatitis C: A Silent Epidemic Strikes U.S. Prisons" (Cover story), Prison Legal News, January 2001.

  • "Across the Great Divide: Economics 101" (Interview with Chuck Collins, co-author Economic Apartheid), Real Change (front page feature), January 11-25, 2001.

    2000

  • "A recipe for redemption: Program helps homeless gain skills that win jobs," Christian Science Monitor (Lead feature/Work&Money), December 26, 2000.

  • "Seattle, One Year Later (WTO Anniversary Demonstrations and Lawsuits)," MotherJones.com, December 2, 2000. With two color photos.

  • "On The Inside: California Legislative Committee Meets Behind Prison Walls to Hear Testimony from Female Prisoners," Sojourner, December 2000.

  • "The Silent Epidemic: Hepatitis C is Infesting Prisons," High Times (news section), December 2000.

  • "A Teen Again? Not On Your Life," Wench.com (lead feature), December/January 2000-2001.

  • "WTO Anniversary," ENN.com (lead feature), November 30, 2000.

  • "Smack Down: Seattle's heroin treatment program may soon get the boot from downtown," Seattle Weekly (Lead news feature), November 16-22, 2000.

  • "Stars of all stripes: One company makes its case for the advantages of a multicultural workforce," Christian Science Monitor (Lead feature/Work&Money)), November 13, 2000.

  • "Ready, Aim, Imprison: New report on the drug war highlights disproportionate incarceration of black men," Washington Free Press, November/December 2000.

  • "Drug War Apartheid" (Human Rights Watch report reveals extent of ethnic disparities in incarceration rates), High Times, November 2000.

  • "In Seattle, Dial M for Monorail (lead feature)," Environmental News Network (ENN.com), October 30, 2000.

  • "Old Growth Thins in the Old Country (clear-cutting of old-growth forests in Finland) (lead feature)," Environmental News Network (ENN.com), October 17, 2000.

  • "Female Inmates Allege Deficient Medical Care, Inmates Testify," San Francisco Examiner, October 12, 2000.

  • "Vedder on Nader: The Better Man," Salon.com, September 26, 2000.

  • "Vedder Ventures Into Naderland: Pearl Jam Singer Makes First-Ever Political Rally Appearance," The Rocket, October 4-18, 2000.

  • "Keeping Up Appearances," Christian Science Monitor (lead feature/ Work&Money section), September 11, 2000.

  • "Know your rights in the workplace," Christian Science Monitor, September 11, 2000.

  • "Going to Van Gogh: Renovated Museum in Amsterdam Shines," San Jose Mercury News, September 10, 2000.

  • "Struggle in the Promised Land: An Interview with Sephardic Israeli Filmmaker Senyora Bar-David," Sojourner, September 2000.

  • Beenie Man in Charge: The Art and Life of Jamaica's reigning dancehall king," High Times, September 2000.

  • Hepatitis C," drDrew.com, September 8-15, 2000.

  • "WOMAD USA 2000," VH1.com (live review feature), August 9, 2000.

  • "WOMAD USA 2000: It's a Small World of World Music After All," VH1.com (news story), August 3, 2000.

  • "The New Face of Philanthropy," Christian Science Monitor (Lead feature/Work&Money), July 31, 2000.

  • "Where help is felt most," Christian Science Monitor, July 31, 2000.

  • "Growing a new demographic among givers," Christian Science Monitor, July 31, 2000. With additional sidebar, "Benefactor becomes messenger for change."

  • "They Speak for the Trees: Finnish Environmentalists Work to Stop Relentless Old-Growth Logging," E/The Environmental Magazine, July/August 2000.

  • Interview with Ellen Barry (women in prison), Z Magazine, July/August 2000.

  • "Heavy Metals (controversy over recycled radioactive metals)," The Bear Deluxe, Summer 2000.

  • "The New Roaring Lion of Afro-Beat: In Discussion with Femi Kuti," The Rocket, July 19-August 9, 2000.

  • "World Reggae at WOMAD USA 2000," The Rocket, July 19-August 9, 2000.

  • WOMAD Previews: Vera Bila and Kale, Miriam Makeba, Yair Dalal and the Tarab Ensemble, Positive Black Soul: The Rocket, July 19-August 9, 2000.

  • "The Veil and Its Meanings (Lead essay review of "Veil" and "Rage Against the Veil)," The Progressive, June 2000.

  • "Neighbors 'R' Us," Natural Home, July/August 2000.

  • "The Reality of Their Surroundings: Source of Labor Search for a Place of Worship in the Northwest Hip-Hop Scene," The Rocket (cover story), June 7-21, 2000.

  • "Just do IT (Information Technology): A voracious and lucrative industry slowly opens its doors to minorities," Christian Science Monitor (Lead feature/Work&Money Section), May 15, 2000.

  • "Steering potential talent to the academic track," Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 2000.

  • "Cracking a culture from the inside," Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 2000.

  • "A push to import workers," Christian Science Monitor," May 15, 2000.

  • "Hell No, We Won't WTO: A new CD relives the night that ex-members of Nirvana, Soundgarden and the Dead Kennedys united to entertain the troops at the Battle of Seattle," Salon.com, May 12, 2000.

  • "Third World Cop" (film review), SOMA, May/June 2000.

  • "Crossing Guard: One Feminist Filmmaker Ventures Into the World of Street Harassment" Alice Magazine (online), May/June 2000.

  • "The Riot Act: With the Release of a New Live Album, the No WTO Combo's Kim Thayil and Krist Novoselic Take Us Back to the Battle in Seattle," The Rocket, May 18-24, 2000.

  • "Our Kind of Alien: Sandra Tsing Loh," Fabula, Spring 2000.

  • "Out of Many, One," MAVIN: The Mixed Race Experience, Spring 2000.

  • "House Proud," Utne Reader, March/April, 2000.

  • "Sexual Abuse: Part Three of a Three-Part Series," drDrew.com, April 20, 2000.

  • "Children of Alcoholics: Part Two of a Three-Part Series," drDrew.com, April 13, 2000.

  • "Overcoming Childhood Abuse: Part One of a Three-Part Series," drDrew.com, April 6, 2000.

  • "Films on Ethiopian Jewish life in Israel delve deeply into modern-day issues," The Jewish Transcript, March 24, 2000.

  • "An eye-opening evening deepens understanding of Black-Jewish relations," The Jewish Transcript, March 24, 2000.

  • "The Little Strike That Could," Mills Quarterly, Spring 2000.

  • Soul of a Citizen: Interview with Paul Rogat Loeb," Z Magazine online/ZNet, March 2000.

  • "Lopez Island," San Jose Mercury News, March 5, 2000.

  • "The True Heart of Santa Fe Beats Beyond the Center of the Town," Christian Science Monitor, February 29, 2000.

  • "Foo Fighters, HIV Deniers," The MoJo Wire (motherjones.com), February 25, 2000. Also picked up by AlterNet, The Sonoma County Independent, and others.

  • "Voice in the Wilderness" (Bert Sacks Profile), In These Times, March 6, 2000.

  • "Keeping it Simple" (High-tech meets voluntary simplicity), Christian Science Monitor, (Lead Feature, Work&Money section), January 31, 2000. Plus two sidebars including, "Simplifying your life: A starting point."

  • "The Battle of Seattle," High Times, March 2000. With three photos.

  • "Shining Star: Ben Harper," High Times, February 2000.

  • "Pain Compliance in US Prisons: Stun Belts," High Times, February 2000.

  • "The Cost of Worship," TattooJew.com, January 2000.

    1999

  • WTO photoessay (contributing photographer), The Rocket, December 15, 1999.

  • "Black Anger: Still No(t) Commercial," The Rocket, December 15.

  • Contributing reports for "Uncommon Ground" (WTO protests), The MoJo Wire, December 2, 1999.

  • "World Trade or World Domination?" (World Trade Organization), The MoJo Wire (Mother Jones online), November 24, 1999.

  • "Road Rage, Crack Babies Easier to Discuss: National Dialogue Impeded by Media-Generated Culture of Fear" (review of Culture of Fear), Washington Free Press, Nov/Dec 1999.

  • "Shining Through: Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals," SPIN.com, November 5-12, 1999.

  • "Seattle Mental Health Court puts treatment before jail," Christian Science Monitor, November 3, 1999. Also picked up by ABCNews.com.

  • "Tilt: Cinder's Spark," Alternative Press, November 1999.

  • "Soul of a Citizen: Author Paul Loeb Talks About Making a Difference in This World," drDrew.com, October 18-22, 1999.

  • "Slavery, Circa 2000/Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy," The Progressive, September 1999. This article also appeared as a longer reprint in The Washington Free Press, October 1999.

  • "Housekeeping After Feminism," Fabula, Fall 1999.

  • "Eight Ways to a Less Toxic Home: How to protect your family from common environmental hazards," L.A. Parent Magazine and Long Island Parenting News, October 1999.

  • "Is There a Doctor in the House? (Dr. Israel interview), Heckler, September/October 1999.

  • "Criminal Procedure" (Women's health care in prison), The MoJo Wire (Mother Jones online), August-September 1999.

  • "Is Health Care Too Much To Ask For?," Prison Legal News, September 1999.

  • "Penelope Houston: Shades of Gray," Rockrgrl, September/October 1999.

  • "Natural Mystic: Burning Spear," SPIN.com, August 27-September 7, 1999.

  • "Mark Atkins: The New Face of Australian Aboriginal Music," RootsWorld, August 31, 1999. With several color photos.

  • "Cibo Matto," The Rocket, August 25, 1999.

  • "Malaria's New Deadly Toll," Washington Free Press, July/August 1999.

  • "Seggae Artist's Bust and Death Spark Riots in Island Nation," High Times, July 1999.

  • "Natural Born Killers" (Hi Fi Killers), High Times, July 1999.

  • "Two Worlds Collide: The Ancient Aborigine Culture Meets the Modern World," The Rocket, July 21, 1999.

  • Cover photo, Cycle California, June 1999.

  • "To see the real Finland, head for the trees," Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 1999.

  • "The Last Man on Planet Earth," Fabula, Summer 1999.

  • "Creeping Death" (Malaria Epidemic), In These Times, May 30, 1999.

  • "Cibo Matto: Nyew Day Rising," SPIN.com, May 28, 1999.

  • "What We do to Women in Prison: An interview with longtime prison rights activist and lawyer Ellen Barry," Sojourner, May 1999.

  • "Tacky Dread" (Universal Studios' Bob Marley club/restaurant), MOJO (UK), May 1999.

  • "Finland" (Info Exchange), Transitions Abroad, May/June 1999.

  • "Ethnic Erotic Literature Breaks New Ground" (lead feature), playboy.com, April 21, 1999.

  • "Study Links Angst to Creativity," Poets & Writers, March/April 1999.

  • "Detoxifying Your Home," SPA: Travel, Well-Being and Renewal, March/April 1999.

  • "Israel's Macho Bravado Plays Havoc with Peace Process" (op-ed), Sojourner, April 1999.

  • "Kinky Reggae: Hi Fi Killers Crash the Dancehall," The Rocket, March 10, 1999.

  • "Sleater-Kinney," Heckler, March 1999.

  • "The Universal Bob Marley," The Progressive, February 1999.

  • "Russian Feminist Murdered: The Assassination of Galina Starovoitova Leaves Behind Anguish and Fear," Sojourner, February 1999.

  • "Kamenetz's Close-Up," Moment, February 1999.

  • "A Jolt of Justice: Court Shocks the Conscience with Stun Belt," Washington Free Press, January/February 1999.

  • "The New Nyatiti: Ayub Ogada talks to Silja J.A. Talvi about the Luo lyre and the modern Kenyan Sound," RootsWorld, January 26, 1999.

  • "Billy Bragg," SPIN.com, January 15, 1999.

  • "Lighting the Fire Beneath Our Feet: Cinder Block of Tilt," Rockrgrl, January/February 1999. With two B/W photos.

  • "Dialogue in the Diaspora: The Jew in the Lotus (documentary review)" Shambhala Sun, January 1999.

    1998

  • "Abuse in the Hole" (sexual abuse of female inmates in Calif.), In These Times, December 27, 1998.

  • "Nouveau Witch: Kiki's Delivery Service Flies in the Face of Stereotypes," Fabula, December 1998.

  • "La reina de acordeon: Silja J.A. Talvi talks with accordion queen Eva Ybarra," RootsWorld, December 1998. With one color photo.

  • "Clinton Fearon: King Basie," The Rocket, December 16, 1998.

  • "Scarnella: Somewhere Between Earth and Home," SPIN.com, December 1, 1998.

  • "The NI Interview: Billy Bragg," The New Internationalist, December 1998. With one color photo.

  • "City Voices: Tea in Seattle," Seattle, December 1998.

  • "Patches of Green" (Seattle's P-Patch program), E The Environmental Magazine, November/December 1998. With one color photo.

  • "It's a War Zone Out There" (interview with filmmaker Maggie Hadleigh-West),Sojourner, November 1998.

  • "Maya's World," Frontera, October 1998. With one B/W photo.

  • "Tales From the Interview Table," Fabula, October 1998.

  • "Kutfather," The Rocket, September 23, 1998

  • "Michael Rose: Wicked," Heckler, September/October 1998.

  • "Swingin' Utters," Heckler, September/October 1998.

  • "Stupid Girl, Stupid Bike," Dirt Rag, August/September 1998.

  • "Fear of the 'F' Word: The Web's twentysomething women's zines show sass and style, but most skirt the big issue," SFWeekly.com, September 2, 1998.

  • "Mi Familia (Maya Gonzalez)," Girlfriends Magazine, September 1998. With one color photo.

  • "A Stunning Development" (use of stun belts on prisoners), In These Times, August 17, 1998.

  • "In The Presence of the Shechinah," Tikkun, September/October 1998.

  • "Michael Rose," American Visions, August/September 1998.

  • "Soul Food for Thought: Q&A with the Black Eyed Peas," The Rocket, August 12, 1998.

  • WOMAD review, Qradio.net, August 10, 1998. With three color photos.

  • "Diamond Mercenaries: Living to Live," The Rocket, July 19, 1998.

  • "Citizen Fish: Free Souls in a Trapped Environment," Heckler, August 1998. With B/W photo.

  • "Queen of Two-Tone Ska," Rockrgrl, August 1998.

  • "Selecter Service: Rude Girl Pauline Black is Back," High Times, August 1998.

  • Cover photo, Cycle California!, July 1998.

  • "Lusty Union Ladies" (the unionization of exotic dancers), Wench, June 1998.

  • "The Ital Life" (Caribbean/Rastafarian vegetarian diet), Veggie Life, July 1998. With one color photo.

  • "Bike to Work to Race" (a new spin on bike commuting), San Jose Mercury News, May 14, 1998.

  • "Zak and the Art of Snowboarding," Sojourner, May 1998.

  • "Required Reading" (multicultural literature debate in S.F. schools), In These Times, May 3, 1998.

  • "Gun Control: Women Tattoo Artists Talk About Skin and Ink," HUES Magazine, Spring 1998. With two color and two B/W photos.

  • "Snowboarding Has a New Face ... and She's Smiling," San Jose Mercury News, January 29, 1998.

  • "In Praise of Everyday Excellence," San Francisco Chronicle (Open Forum), January 2, 1998.

  • "Dancehall Queen," High Times, January 1998.

    1997

  • "Surfing the Sweatshops," SF Weekly.com, December 17, 1997. (Lead feature.)

  • "Blacks and Jews," Hope Magazine, November/December 1997.

  • "Sister Carol: The Roots Diva of Dancehall," Reggae Report, December 1997.

  • "The Silent Epidemic: The Challenge of HIV Prevention within Communities of Color," The Humanist, November/December 1997.

  • "Go Big, Pay Little: How to save on getting there, staying there, playing there" (Skiing/Snowboarding), San Jose Mercury News, November 20, 1997.

  • "Taking a look at Critical Mass," Cycle California!, October 1997. With two B/W photos.

  • "Kaddish for Allen Ginsberg," Heritage, April 11, 1997. (Front page story.)

Selected music reviews/music columns

    (this section no longer updated due to volume)
  • Blood of Abraham, VH1.com, August 2000.
  • Bumbershoot 2000 Previews: Zap Mama and Clinton Fearon, The Rocket, August 23-Sept. 6, 2000.
  • False Prophets, The Rocket, August 23-Sept.6, 2000.
  • WOMAD 2000 review, The Rocket, August 9-23, 2000.
  • Hepcat, VH1.com, July/August 2000.
  • Luaka Bop, V/A, VH1.com, July 2000.
  • Barbarito Torres show review, The Rocket, July 19-August 9, 2000.
  • King Sunny Ade, VH1.com, June 2000.
  • Source of Labor, The Rocket, May 18-24, 2000.
  • Sekou Sundiata, VH1.com, April 2000.
  • Chumbawamba, VH1.com, April 2000.
  • Beenie Man show preview, The Rocket, April 12, 2000
  • Blood & Fire Sound System Tour preview, The Rocket, April 12, 2000.
  • Femi Kuti show review, The Rocket, April 12, 2000.
  • Horace Andy, VH1.com, March 2000.
  • Anthony B show preview, The Rocket, February 23, 2000.
  • Knitting on the Roof (V/A) and Hasidic New Wave, The Rocket, February 9, 2000.
  • Eliades Ochoa show preview, The Rocket, January 26, 2000.
  • The Funky Precedent, WARP, February 2000.
  • Chant Down Babylon (Marley hip-hop anthology), SPIN.com, December 7, 1999.
  • Zap Mama, The Rocket, December 1, 1999.
  • Sister Carol preview, The Rocket, December 1, 1999.
  • Rage Against the Machine, The Rocket, November 17, 1999.
  • Midnight Oil (Special Retrospectve Australia issue), TransWorld Skateboarding, December 1999.
  • Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali, The Rocket, October 20, 1999.
  • Public Enemy show preview, The Rocket, October 20, 1999.
  • Bumbershoot show review, The Rocket, Sept.22, 1999.
  • Lee "Scratch" Perry and The Upsetters, The Rocket, Sept. 22, 1999.
  • Kool Keith and DJ Spooky show preview, The Rocket, Sept. 8, 1999.
  • The Robustos show preview, The Rocket, Sept. 8, 1999.
  • Kool Keith, The Rocket, Sept. 8, 1999.
  • Public Enemy, The Rocket, Sept. 8, 1999
  • Public Enemy, SOMA, September 1999.
  • Tilt, The Rocket, August 25, 1999.
  • WOMAD show review, The Rocket, August 11, 1999.
  • da Grassroots, The Rocket, August 11, 1999.
  • Union 13, The Rocket, August 11, 1999.
  • Man or Astroman?, WARP, August 1999.
  • Seaweed, Transworld Skateboarding, July 1999.
  • Clinton Fearon, The Rocket, July 21, 1999.
  • M.O.T., WARP, June 1999.
  • Fireside, WARP, June 1999.
  • Gus Gus, SOMA, May/June 1999.
  • Penelope Houston/Avengers, The Rocket, April 21, 1999.
  • Johnny Clarke, Heckler, March 1999.
  • Dr. Israel, SPIN.com, February 12, 1999.
  • Sleater-Kinney, SOMA, February 1999.
  • The Adjusters, WARP, February 1999.
  • Studio One Collection, SPIN.com, February 1999.
  • Busta Rhymes, The Rocket, January 27, 1999.
  • Alpha Blondy, SPIN.com, January 1999.
  • Scarnella, SOMA, December 1998.
  • The Gladiators, The Rocket, December 16, 1998.
  • Tchkung!, The Rocket, December 16, 1998.
  • Critters Buggin', SPIN.com, November 1998.
  • Cypress Hill, The Rocket, November 17, 1998.
  • Alpha Blondy, The Rocket, October 21, 1998.
  • MC Lyte, The Rocket, October 7, 1998 and Heckler, November, 1998.
  • Supralingua/Mickey Hart, High Times, October 1998.
  • Digital Underground, The Rocket, September 23, 1998.
  • Waldemar Bastos, The Rocket, September 9, 1998.
  • Queen Latifah, The Rocket, August 1998.
  • Queen Latifah, SOMA, August 1998
  • Culture, SOMA, August 1998
  • Bad Religion, Heckler, August 1998
  • Tilt, Heckler, August 1998
  • Beastie Boys, Salon,com, July 15, 1998
  • Sugar Minott, RootsWorld, July, 1998
  • Walkman Rotation, The Rocket, June 24, 1998.
  • Abyssinians, Heckler, June 1998.
  • Tribe 8, Heckler, June 1998.
  • The Specials, Heckler, June 1998.
  • Peter Tosh, Heckler, March 1998.
  • Alternative Tentacles compilation, Heckler, March 1998.
  • Dancin' Mood compilation, Heckler, March 1998.
  • Mike Watt, Fresh and Tasty, February 1998.
  • Skatalites, Fresh and Tasty, February 1998.
  • Michael Rose, Fresh and Tasty, February 1998.
  • Toots and The Maytals, Heckler, February 1998.
  • The Geraldine Fibbers, Fresh and Tasty, November/December 1997.
  • Ben Harper, Fresh and Tasty, November/December 1997.
  • Lee Perry, Heckler, October 1997.
  • The Rollins Band, Heckler, October 1997.
  • Monthly reggae music columnist for WWW.com (OnAir.com): Clinton Fearon (September 2000), Hepcat (August), Beenie Man (July), The Harder They Come (June), Chant Down Babylon (April/May). (Editorial content ceased in Fall 2000.)
  • Audio reviews for DiscoverMusic.com, 1998-1999. Reviews aired on MusicReview.com, MusicNewsWire, RockOnTV.com, Real Networks' dailybriefing. Catalog and new release recordings, including Cypress Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Hi Fi Killers, Baaba Maal, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Dr. Israel, Cocteau Twins, The Rollins Band, Bad Brains, Talvin Singh, Asian Dub Foundation, Midnight Oil, M.O.T., Lee Scratch Perry, Ozomatli, Baaba Maal, Oranj Symphonette, The Coup, Sly and Robbie, Busta Rhymes, Digable Planets, Marcia Griffiths, Eric B. and Rakim, Penelope Houston, Luciano, The Roots, N.W.A., Aston Barrett, ALL, Atari Teenage Riot, The Selecter, Augustus Pablo, Hamza el Din, Tilt, Ziggy Marley, Luscious Jackson, L7, Public Enemy, Missy Elliot, numerous compilation albums.


BookAnthology Contributions

  • "Women of the Promised Land," in The W Effect: Bush's War on Women, edited by Laura Flanders. The Feminist Press, June 2004.

  • Two articles in Prison Nation: The Warehousing of America's Poor, Routledge, 2003. (Hepatitis C epidemic in prisons; sexual abuse of women in prison.) This book was awarded a 2003 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award in the area of bigotry and human rights.

  • "World Trade or World Domination?," in Economics Now, Oxford University Press, 2002, 2003.

  • "Marked for Life," in Body Outlaws: Young Women Talk About Body Image and Identity, Seal Press: 1998, 2000, 2004. (An anthology formerly titled "Adios, Barbie.")

  • Decriminalization of Prostitution essay for Readings for the 21st Century (Allyn & Bacon/Simon & Schuster Education Group: 1999, 2001, 2003). Also reprinted as "The Case for Sex Work," in Generations of Ideas (Heinle College Publishers, 2005).

  • Investigative and essay contributions in two forthcoming anthologies, Prison Profiteers (The New Press), and It's So You (Seal Press/Avalon/Perseus).