For over 20 years, I’ve written about science, technology, culture and systemic injustice, with bylines in TIME, Men’s Health, The Boston Globe, and beyond. My investigative reporting has uncovered the stories of Black men wrongfully sentenced to death and resurrected the buried legacies of Black veterans. I’ve won multiple California Journalism Awards for features on longevity tech, robotic-assisted surgery and the struggle of Black-owned businesses in the wake of COVID.
Also: wrote reviews and think pieces for Janelle Monae’s Wondaland label.
illustration by Ben Turner
LOVE vs. HATE
A Live Boxing Event Featuring Spike Lee Joints >
— Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 134)
DJ Señor Love Daddy and Radio Raheem are your ringside commentators, going round by round to break down how the theme of love vs. hate clings to Spike Lee’s body of work like T-shirts on the hottest day of the year.
ARTICLES (Reported Features)
Investors Are Betting Big on Carbon Removal Technology. The Reality is More Complicated. — TIME
Why It’s Hard to Put a Price on Carbon — TIME
How Gyms Use Anime for Motivation — Men’s Health
Transparent tech is back — but what is it really revealing? — Digital Frontier
Older, Better, Faster, Stronger — Comstock’s Magazine
(2022 California Journalism Award — Health Coverage – First Place)
Meet Dr. Robot — Comstock’s Magazine
(2022 California Journalism Award — Health Coverage – Second Place)
Beyond the Bottle: UC Davis is a hub for breast milk science and innovation — Comstock’s Magazine
(2023 California Journalism Award — Health Coverage – Third Place)
Fighting for Fairness — Comstock’s Magazine
(2020 California Journalism Award — Coverage of Protests and Racial Justice – Third Place)
The Ice Man — Comstock’s Magazine
What happened after plans for a massive upgrade to the historic Crystal Ice and Cold Storage building went up in smoke?
< My Tunes — Boston Globe Magazine
Herb Reed, the founding member of one of early rock ‘n’ roll’s most popular groups, The Platters, wants to silence the impostor bands that are making millions off of his music and ruining his legacy.
FOR THE CULTURE (Essays / Reviews)
Stranger Days — Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 143: What Is To Be Done?)
Hyphy Tectonics — Orion (Autumn 2025: The Natural Rhythms of Hip-Hop)
Can I Help You, Brother? — Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 140: Community)
Ease on Down the Red Carpet — Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 139: Fashion)
Out of Time, Out of Mind — Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 136: Neo-Noir)
LOVE vs. HATE: A Live Boxing Event Featuring Spike Lee Joints — Bright Wall / Dark Room (Issue 134: Spike Lee)
The Man Who Was undun: A Port-Mortem Interview (Hip-Hop 50 special album review: undun by The Roots) — Headcanon Magazine
Dear “Please Mr. Postman” — Wondaland
His Way Home (In Memory of Gil Scott-Heron) — Wondaland
REVIEW: Phonte – Charity Starts at Home — Wondaland
REVIEW: 9th Wonder – Tutenkhamen (Beat Tape) — Wondaland
REVIEW: Van Hunt – What Were You Hoping For? — Wondaland
BROTHERLY LOVE
(a six-part digital series about the emotional and social lives of Black men through the science of love.)
#1: It’s In the Game
THROWBACKS
Eating Flowers in Thailand — Wall Street Journal’s Scene Asia
States Embark on a Space Race — Governing
Finding hope where there is no cure — The Tallahassee Democrat