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My annual report on human rights violations in Uzbekistan was published by Freedom House’s “Nations in Transit” section. The report highlights top-level and low-level corruption as well as police brutality, media censorship, imprisonment and torture of dissidents, and abuse of … Continue reading →

I wrote an assigned feature article on the Jewish and Palestinian activists who have been involved in the Ferguson movement and more generally in the struggle for black rights and liberation. Everyone who knew I was writing this article, including … Continue reading →

For the Guardian, I wrote about the movement to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees in St Louis: “Syria, Syria, you’re not alone! Call St Louis your new home!” On 13 September, hundreds of St Louis-area residents converged in … Continue reading →

I was interviewed about a variety of subjects recently, ranging from Ferguson to ethics in journalism to state oppression and activism in Central Asia to my new book. Here you go: Here and There with Dave Marash, hour-long interview on … Continue reading →

Last week my colleague Umar Lee and I spent some time in College Hill, known as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in St. Louis, and talked to people about their lives. For the Guardian: “We Googled the worst place … Continue reading →

My latest for Politico is on the nightmare of tension that is life these days in St. Louis: St. Louis is in a rerun of a nightmare. Protesters are still being arrested by the dozens, with 144 arrested on Monday alone. … Continue reading →

For the New York Daily News, I covered what Ferguson is like on the ground one year after the killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson. I limited my interviews about Ferguson to people who actually live in Ferguson. … Continue reading →

For the Guardian I profiled the Yarn Mission, a group of black St. Louis women fighting racism through knitting. Yes, knitting: In a coffeehouse on the south side of St Louis, a group of women discuss how to knit, purl … Continue reading →

My latest for Foreign Policy is on how Central Asians are using the internet to document and battle a familiar scourge — corruption, particularly that of the police: In Kazakhstan, activists are mounting dash cams to cars to film traffic … Continue reading →

I have covered Ferguson since August 9, 2014, tweeting about a then unidentified teenager being killed by police within hours of the tragedy occurring. Below are the articles I’ve written over the past year. I will have a few more to … Continue reading →