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Writing

Long-form essays, white papers, and reported journalism.

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Selected essays and reporting
Essay series · Parts 1 & 2
The Burning Distraction

Washington’s wildfires, in two parts: the policy decisions behind the burning, then fire on the Colville Reservation in "Scorched Earth and Silence."

Policy analysis · Substack
Served with a Side of Propaganda

Reading the rhetoric behind HUD’s $4.04 billion reversal of Housing First.

Analysis · Substack
Celebration of Cruelty

How the Point-in-Time count’s narrative diverges from the reality of homelessness.

Essay series · Parts 1 & 2
Historical Déjà Vu

Recycled history, homelessness, and poverty: the refurbished mechanisms of oppression. (Two parts.)

Essay · Substack
When Health Is Shared

One Health, homelessness, and the animals who come with: the human-animal bond on the street.

Essay · Substack
The In-Between

Reclaiming human worth in the rising age of automation.

Journalism · Ongoing
Runta News reporting

Reporting at the intersection of displacement, community health, and human rights for a multimedia outlet serving Somali and Muslim communities.

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