Drugs, Dams and Power
The murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres. The Intercept, March 11, 2016. Early in the morning on March 3, in La Esperanza, Honduras, unidentified men broke into the home of the environmental … Continue reading
A Salvadoran writer goes into exile
The New Yorker. February 24, 2016 CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH BY ANTONIO OLMOS. COURTESY JORGE GALÁN. Before it dawned on him that he would have to flee his country—a realization aided by a … Continue reading
At the Devil’s Door
The Unsolved Murder of Tania Vasquez. Mashable, Feb 15, 2016. WAKE IN PANCHIMALCO PANCHIMALCO, El Salvador — When I saw Tania Vasquez in April 2013, she sat beside me … Continue reading
Parallel Justice
Corporate rights and trade treaties in the U.S. and E.U. Al Jazeera America, May 27, 2015. A proposed system between the United States and the European Union that would allow … Continue reading
The Criminologist
Foreign Policy Magazine, May/June 2015 print issue. The Things They Carried. Excerpt: Earlier this year, 51-year-old Israel Ticas spent three days on a small island off the coast of El Salvador, looking … Continue reading
Fatal Misstep
The RiverFront Times, February 2015. A handcuffed student drowned in custody of the Missouri Highway Patrol. One witness seeks justice with a rogue investigation. Courtesy Brody Baumann Brandon Ellingson and Brody Baumann at the … Continue reading
NYC’s first community garden: The one hundred year history of a haven.
New York Magazine’s Bedford + Bowery. January 2, 2014. A walk past the place where the Bowery meets East Houston gives not the slightest hint that until 40 years ago, this … Continue reading
