The MacArthur Foundation fellow talks about why she’s spent 50 years fighting for human rights and what’s next for her movement.
Shondaland, February 2023
featured profiles
The Little Slide Show That Could
Historian Finis Dunaway tracked one man’s efforts to save Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and learned the power of trickle-up environmentalism.
Carolina Alumni Review, November 2021
From Art to Oyster Reef
A Florida sculptor and North Carolina inventors team up to create an eye-catching and eco-friendly installation
Garden & Gun, July 2021
Another Summer of Love
A half-century after its founding, the pioneering all-women rock band Ace of Cups is back—with a Jewish grandma leading the way.
Tablet, July 2019
Can She Keep Miami Beach Above The Rising Sea?
OZY, January 2019
Queen Quet and the Gullah/Geechee Nation Say No to Offshore Drilling
The elected chieftess is mobilizing constituents against this environmental threat.
Sierra, February 2018
The Apostate: Convincing Fellow Conservatives on Climate Change
Acknowledging climate change lost Bob Inglis his seat in Congress. Now he wants to get fellow conservatives to see the light.
Sierra Magazine, reprinted in Utne Reader, October 2016
Meet the Sharpes, Pinball’s Royal Jewish Family
Inside the world of professional pinball.
Tablet, September 2016
Q+A with NASCAR Star Jeff Gordon
How the racing great discovered the fruit of the vine.
Wine Enthusiast, March 2016
Beneath the Surface
This remarkable teacher unearths artifacts and dreams in Belize, including his own
Charlotte Magazine, December 2013
The One Who Hammers
Archaeologist Marc Zender – a world renowned expert on ancient hieroglyphs – is helping to unravel the mysteries of the Maya.
Trek, December 2013
One Family, Six Continents, Twelve Good Deeds
From a Beijing orphanage to an elementary school in Rwanda, the Lewis family took a trip that's out of this world.
Parade, February 2012
Kids of the Year
Their brilliant minds came up with ideas that are original, creative, and hard-to-believe-it’s-possible.
Parenting, February 2011
The Queens in Obama’s High Court?
A look at potential Supreme Court nominees. Since this story was published, President Obama named two of the three women profiled, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, to the high court.
Vogue.com, April 2009
One of the Guys
An early profile of transgender performance artist Scott Turner Schofield, who explores gender issues for the average Joe.
Utne Reader, November 2006
The New American Family?
The poster boy for nude living has love handles, cellulite, and control of a $400 million industry.
Details, March 2004
Count our Blessings
The story about the Duggar family that led to “19 Kids and Counting”
Parents, September 2003
