“Imagine a Child Gets Stabbed 26 Times”
A 6-year-old boy’s killing outside Chicago stunned the country. The people left behind can barely fathom the future.
DEC 06, 2023
I Stood Outside the Court Waiting for Trump to Arrive. It Showed Me Some Things About His Support Now.
There were only five or so people for Trump when I got there at 9 a.m. One, hoisting a large American flag over his shoulder, patiently gave interviews to reporters who queued up in front of him. (Yes, there was actually a line.)
APRIL 05, 2023
The Strange Times of Ilhan Omar’s Jewish Senior Adviser
As some on the right deem him a “self-hating Jew,” Jeremy Slevin wants people to see the real Omar.
MARCH 10, 2023
When My Son Got Too Calm
I knew kids were getting sicker this year. I wasn’t prepared for when it happened to us.
DEC 01, 2022
The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd
A teenage clerk dialed 911. How should the brothers who own CUP Foods pay for what happened next?
OCT 06, 2020
“Next Time, We Probably Won’t Stop at a Public Space”
After a “gaslighting” vote to cut the NYPD’s budget, the City Hall protesters in New York talked thinning crowds, the movement, and what now.
JULY 01, 2020
A Night With the New York City Fireworks Crews
The pervasive displays have been called “mysterious” and “unexplained.” They’re not really.
JUNE 30, 2020
Sky High: The Rush of Climbing the Williamsburg Bridge
You would think that when you’re sitting on top of the Williamsburg Bridge, looking down at the lights of New York City, the view of the skyline is overwhelming. And it is, but when I was up there, I was far more taken by the enormity of the century-old bulk I had just climbed.
NOV 17, 2014
This Is What It Looks Like Just Before the Muslim Brotherhood Jumps You
I swing my camera down, cradling it like a football. He’s aiming for the camera, but he’s spraying my neck and face. Next thing I know, twenty people surround me. Hands on my arms, on my legs, around my neck. They’re trying to tear me apart.
AUG 15, 2013
There's a Massive, Illicit Bust of Edward Snowden Stuck to a War Monument in Brooklyn
While most people slept, a trio of artists and some helpers fused the 100-pound bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to part of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, a memorial to Revolutionary War soldiers.
APRIL 6, 2015
Everyone Hates Public Ads. Meet the Man Who Is Trying to Take Them All Down.
Jordan Seiler wants to forge keys to public displays for everyone.
FEB 22, 2016
Mass Arrests In NYC Protests for Freddie Gray
Over 100 people were arrested during protests for Freddie Gray in Manhattan.
APRIL 30, 2015
