Investigations
Left to Rot: The city of Pittsburgh's wasteland of unsafe, abandoned homes
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 5, 2023
Housing advocates wage legal battle to take over Pittsburgh's blighted properties
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 13, 2023
A landmark law that fights blight began in Pittsburgh. Decades later, housing groups are waging an intense battle.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | February 20, 2023
Judge issues a stay in petition to take over Pittsburgh-owned houses, a setback for housing advocacy groups
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 13, 2023
Commonwealth court strikes down Pittsburgh's rental registry ordinance
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | March 18, 2023
How the Oath Keepers turned Pennsylvania into a far-right militia recruiting hotbed
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | January 6, 2023
In the Dark: Pittsburgh and Pa.'s unreported FBI crime stats paint an incomplete picture and raise serious police transparency concerns
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | December 11, 2022
Forgotten in Time: Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods pay the price for abandoned and decrepit homes
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | October 16, 2022
Shadow Diplomats
ProPublica and ICIJ
PART I
The Global Threat of Rogue Diplomacy
Contributed reporting
November 14, 2022
PART II
Agents of Influence: How Russia Deploys an Army of Shadow Diplomats
December 4, 2022
PART III
Shadow Diplomats Have Posed a Threat for Decades. The World’s Governments Looked the Other Way.
Contributed reporting
December 22, 2022
Pandora Papers: A Global Investigation
The Washington Post and ICIJ
The gatekeepers who open America to shell companies and secret owners
The Washington Post | April 5, 2022
How Uber and Lyft get what they want
View non-paywalled version here. View the interactive graphic here.
Crain's Chicago Business | January 12, 2022
51 lost lives: A portrait of the pandemic’s tragic toll in America’s nursing homes
Read the excerpts I wrote here.
The Washington Post | December 22, 2020
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