Why some activists say Zebulon Vance is long overdue for a reckoning in the Jewish community.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 2021. Republished in The Jerusalem Post, The Forward, and other publications
social issues
Is the US Fish and Wildlife Service Slow-Walking Red Wolf Recovery?
Critics say the agency is moving too slowly to save the animal from extinction
Sierra Magazine online, September 2020
Charlotte’s Monument to a Jewish Confederate Was Hated Even Before It Was Built
For more than seven decades, the North Carolina memorial has courted controversy in unexpected forms
Smithsonian Magazine online, September 2020
Charlotte Shouldn’t Be A Test Case for COVID-19
Here’s what the RNC needs to do next.
The Charlotte Observer, May 2020
Paving The Way: Barnard Program Helps Students Become Leaders In Science
Barnard’s Science Pathways Scholars Program helps students build experience in the lab to become leaders in science
Barnard Magazine
March 2020
Women’s Colleges Are Having a Moment
Some people wrote off women’s colleges as an anachronism. They were wrong.
Smith Quarterly, September 2019
Balance at the Ballot Box
Smith Quarterly, September 2018
The Southern Revolt Against Offshore Drilling
In South Carolina, opposition to President Trump's drilling plan is a bipartisan affair.
Sierra, February 2018
Women Mayors Lead the Charge on Climate Change
The worldwide alliance of major-city mayors who believe their cities must take the lead on climate change, with or without their national governments' help.
UTNE Reader, Spring 2017
1st Gen Changing the Script
Being first in the family to finish college can sometimes mean culture shock and confusion. But it can also open the door to a new life.
Smith Alumnae Quarterly, Summer 2016
Wearing My Father’s Tallit at the Western Wall for Me, and for My Daughter
Why I flew halfway around the world to pray with women I’d never met
Tablet, November 2013
Pipe Dreams
North Carolina’s tobacco industry may have gone up in smoke, but local farmers have found another fruitful way to work the land: winemaking.
enRoute, March 2011
Presidential Gifts
The surprising ins-and-outs of gift giving when you’re the president of the United States.
Vogue.com, August 2009
Rose Hamid: Flight Attendant, Hijab Wearer
What if that woman with the head covering who’s walking down the aisle of your plane is not a passenger, but a flight attendant?
WorldHum.com, August 2009
Education Equals Power
How women’s colleges are changing the Middle East.
Ms., Summer 2009
The Influencers
What forces will affect your business in the coming year? Here are the 25 people, trends and events we predicted.
Entrepreneur, February 2008
Chimp Champion Fights Ape Meat, Pet Trade – By Force, if Necessary
When Sheri Speede met three angry chimpanzees caged as an attraction at a hotel in Cameroon, her planning began.
National Geographic News, December 2006
America’s Team
A look at how a historic U.S. women’s soccer team changed the world, at least for a while.
The New York Times, July 2000
