Tag: Slate
Let the TB Patients Go
Going Home to Guatemala: The aftermath of an immigration raid
Going Home to Guatemala: The aftermath of an immigration raid
Don’t let the bedbugs fright: False alarms can be just as bad as the real thing
Don’t let the bedbugs fright: False alarms can be just as bad as the real thing
Mexican Standoff
Mexican Standoff. Will Mexico have a president anytime soon?. Slate, July 2006
Migrant Power
Migrant Power. Mexican Workers are finding their voice in the States. Will they be heard in their homeland?
The plague of bedbug false alarms
My story on bedbugs is now up on Slate. This story was inspired by a series of run-ins with bedbugs — both real and assumed — in Baltimore and Washington, DC. Writing this piece helped reaffirm for me how little we know about household biology (who exactly are the tiny critters we co-habitate with?) and how easily we mistake a long list of small insects for bedbugs. Perhaps my next big project will be an illustrated guide to household bugs.