I grew up in northern Westchester County, New York. Nearly twenty years ago I came to DC, thinking it’d be for just a few months. Instead, I got swept up in DC’s activist scene and haven’t left the area.
A Maryland House Race Shows How Not to Cover AIPAC
The biggest outside spender in the 2022 Democratic primaries was an unlikely group: the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
How Wine Mogul David Trone Crashed and Burned His Senate Bid
Despite setting spending records, Trone couldn't win over Black voters; the harder he tried, the worse things got.
The Media Mogul Trying to Buy Baltimore’s Mayoral Race
Baltimore’s mayoral election tomorrow will be shaped by “the single biggest donation to a political campaign in city history,” but search campaign finance records, and you won’t find it anywhere.
Republican Donors Quietly Boost Sarah Elfreth over Harry Dunn in Democratic Primary
AIPAC's super PAC has spent over $4 million on the race for Md.'s 3rd Congressional District
Maryland’s Monied Primaries
They're an embarrassment of riches, not in a good way.
Larry Hogan’s Dead Chief of Staff
Before dying in a police shootout, Roy McGrath called for an investigation into Gov. Hogan’s Korean covid test scandal
That Fleeting Moment the Post Covered a Democratic Socialist Fairly
All Marc Elrich has to do to get fair coverage is lose.
Fani Willis' Other Scandal
Using RICO to Prosecute Black Teachers in Atlanta
The Washington Post’s Shadow Government
As DC was on the verge of becoming majority Black, Post publisher Phil Graham created a "white man's business organization"
WaPo Owes an Apology to the DC Mayor It Drove From Office
When I became a journalist over 15 years ago, I did so to highlight the voices of activists—not top city officials. But things took an unexpected turn in 2014, as the Washington Post sought to end DC Mayor Vincent Gray’s career.
The Post Won’t Tell Voters David Blair Is a Former Republican
In the Post’s coverage of a local Maryland race, an interesting word has gone missing, and not by accident. The word is “Republican.” And it refers to the former party of David Blair.