writing about economic inequality + more

I'm a freelance journalist and researcher based in Pittsburgh. I cover poverty, inequality, and the wide world of social policy: welfare, labor, class, economic policy, and more.
I was previously at The American Prospect, where I wrote about anti-hunger programs, reproductive rights, and other stories about the consequences of inequality.
My work has also appeared in Capital & Main, The New Republic, The Progressive, Mother Jones, Dollars and Sense, Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Smart Cities Dive, In These Times, The Guardian, Bolts, The Week, Quartz, Waging Nonviolence, Newsweek, and more. I'm also interested in how place connects people and influences their lives, so I also write about culture, history, and travel across my adopted home state of Pennsylvania for local outlets.
I have a master's degree in public policy, with a concentration in social policy, from the Ford School at the University of Michigan. I'm originally from a working-class background in the Deep South, where I grew up writing stories and developing a deep love of tomato mayo sandwiches.
I was previously at The American Prospect, where I wrote about anti-hunger programs, reproductive rights, and other stories about the consequences of inequality.
My work has also appeared in Capital & Main, The New Republic, The Progressive, Mother Jones, Dollars and Sense, Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Smart Cities Dive, In These Times, The Guardian, Bolts, The Week, Quartz, Waging Nonviolence, Newsweek, and more. I'm also interested in how place connects people and influences their lives, so I also write about culture, history, and travel across my adopted home state of Pennsylvania for local outlets.
I have a master's degree in public policy, with a concentration in social policy, from the Ford School at the University of Michigan. I'm originally from a working-class background in the Deep South, where I grew up writing stories and developing a deep love of tomato mayo sandwiches.