Journalist for Fortune, Time, Centurion, Entrepreneur, Mental Floss, The Economist, The Guardian, and others. Writer for a handful of custom publications. Sometimes editor. Occasional ghostwriter.
The 1977 Disability Rights Protest That Broke Records and Changed Laws • Atlas Obscura
The 504 Sit-In was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history.
The rare challenge of building a pandemic memorial • CityMetric
In late March, Vienna residents began leaving candles and prayers for protection at the Trinity Column, commonly called the plague column.
The Great Internet Land Grab • NewYorker.com
It’s not easy to get a short, crisp Web address.
I’m adopting San Francisco storm drains—and naming them after women • Curbed
On alleys named after men, I’m honoring some of my favorite women writers.
Bars bring live music to San Francisco's streets with socially distanced concerts • Hoodline
Honky-tonk duo Nashville Honeymoon has played a lot of Bay Area venues: bars, nightclubs, even a farmers market. But last Saturday may have marked the band's first performance in the back of a pickup truck.
It’s a Great Time to Rediscover the Art of Writing Letters • Shondaland
It’s never been more important to be connected. Here are some ways to cultivate deeper, more intentional communication with one the oldest, most stylish forms of correspondence.
Walking the Entire Bay • Bay Nature
Thirty years after the project officially began, the idea for the San Francisco Bay Trail seems both delightfully obvious and considerably difficult. To link Bay Area communities across nine counties and 47 cities with one multiuse, 500-mile trail is an ambitious dream. And as with other major social initiatives, fully building out the Bay Trail is an ongoing endeavor, decades into its existence.
Talking With Masha Gessen, the Ultimate Authority on Authoritarianism • DAME
The renowned Putin biographer is our most sought-after expert in the Trump era. Her latest, 'The Future Is History,' reveals how easily democracy can devolve into autocracy.
These Birds Protect Black Rhinos From Poachers (but Also Drink Their Blood) • Audubon
Red-billed Oxpeckers and their critically endangered hosts aren’t the only avian-mammal pairings with a mutually beneficial bond.
'Just like a real office': workers use public parking as co-working space • The Guardian
WePark is a radical rethinking of city space, which started in San Francisco and has spread as far afield as Toulouse, Bristol, LA and Portland
Programmer and author Ellen Ullman on why hackers need the humanities • Slack Stories
The importance of open and diverse input on how machines run our lives.
Brian Heath: An Artist's Engineer
Edith’s outsized, creative, visionary legacy often takes center stage, but Brian’s skills as a mechanical engineer and business manager were equally crucial to the early and enduring success of Heath Ceramics.
A new approach to clean water • Fortune
This billionaire wants to solve California's water problem.
Rhyme 'em, cowboy • The Economist
Cowboy Poetry Week, now in its 13th year, takes place from April 20th to the 26th.