Here are several—though not all—of the stories I've edited or co-edited for Politico Magazine:
​No Way Out: How the Opening of a Tunnel Blocked the Path to Peace in Jerusalem
A decision a quarter-century ago sparked an international crisis with ongoing ramifications. What lay beneath the surface of that incident?
By ANDREW LAWLER | October 01, 2021
​Desperation Meets Dysfunction on the Southern Border
The Biden administration’s response to the migrant crisis comes straight from Trump’s playbook: try to deter more from coming. It’s not working.
By JACK HERRERA | September 23, 2021
​Andrew Yang's Loss Fits a Pattern. Why Do Asian Americans Struggle in Mayoral Races?
Former Boston mayoral candidate Sam Yoon discusses the unique challenges faced by AAPI candidates and why he's optimistic things will change, in a POLITICO Q&A.
By JOEL LAU | July 08, 2021
​Why Are Republican Governors Sending National Guard to the Border?
Can a Nebraska highway cop arrest someone in Texas? Are there really more border-crossers now? An attempt at answering simple questions about a complicated topic.​
By JACK HERRERA | July 07, 2021
​Why the GOP Just Got Blown Out in a Congressional Race
New Mexico, a once-purple state, is turning increasingly blue. 
By BRYAN METZGER | June 08, 2021
​How Biden is Pushing Migrants to Jump the Border
Critics say the president’s welcoming tone is encouraging illegal immigration. But migrants themselves have a different take: The real problem is that he’s dragging his feet.​
By JACK HERRERA | April 13, 2021
​Biden Brings Back Family Separation—This Time in Mexico
U.S. agents no longer tear apart parents and children, but families are having to make painful decisions—just on the other side of the border.​
By JACK HERRERA | March 20, 2021
​Native Americans Finally Have a Cabinet Nominee. Will an Adopted Tlingit Take Her Down?
With the GOP digging in against Deb Haaland as Interior secretary, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski faces a choice between her party and a powerful constituency that’s come to trust her.
By JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT | February 23, 2021
​The Half-Legal Cannabis Trap
In LA, people are getting arrested for what they think are legit jobs in the pot business. Will “decriminalization” just spread the problem nationwide?
By AMANDA CHICAGO LEWIS | February 09, 2021
​What a Joe Biden Cabinet Pick Might Mean for Native Americans—and Democrats
Choosing Deb Haaland as Interior secretary would be historic. It could also bring a new community into the party fold.
​By JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT | November 30, 2020
​Trump Didn't Win the Latino Vote in Texas. He Won the Tejano Vote.
Understanding the difference will be key to Democrats moving past their faltering, one-size-fits-all approach to Hispanics.
By JACK HERRERA | November 17, 2020
​What Trump's Diehard Supporters Are Worried About This Election
11 GOP delegates discuss mail-in voting, postelection unrest and what happens if Trump loses.
By CATHERINE KIM | September 30, 2020
​I'm a Body Language Expert. Here's What I Saw During the Conventions.
What did people's faces and gestures tell us, rather than just their scripted speeches?
By JOE NAVARRO | August 29, 2020
​The Black, Millennial Mayor Who Tore Down His City's White Monuments
Under pressure from protesters in the former capital of the Confederacy, Levar Stoney bucked tradition and preempted state law to remove a street of statues, putting his reputation and reelection prospects on the line.
By ANDREW LAWLER | August 09, 2020
​The Time That Bill Barr Faced Down Protesters — Personally
Why is the attorney general so comfortable using force against protesters? In 1968, as a college freshman, he thought they were getting in his way.
By PAUL CRONIN | June 07, 2020
​'Like Petri Dishes for the Virus': ICE Detention Centers Threaten the Rural South
While Americans are sheltering in place, the federal government is shuffling hundreds of immigrant detainees between U.S. towns, putting vulnerable communities at risk.
By GABY DEL VALLE and JACK HERRERA | May 05, 2020
​How Trump Created a New Global Capital of Exiles
It’s not just Mexicans: New U.S. immigration policies are stranding the world on America’s southern border.
By JACK HERRERA | January 05, 2020
​California Ended Cash Bail. Why Are So Many Reformers Unhappy About It?
What promised to be a progressive breakthrough is now breaking up the left.
By JEREMY B. WHITE | AUGUST 29, 2018

Roundups

​Biden Wants to Unite the Country. How Can He Do It?
Two dozen thinkers offer bold ideas for a new administration in a fractious era.
By POLITICO MAGAZINE | January 20, 2021
​Could Trump Really Hold On? Why Experts Aren't Worried
Legal scholars agree: At this point, the outcome of the 2020 election is no longer on the line … though the future of our democracy might be.
By POLITICO MAGAZINE | November 12, 2020
​'The Most Important Woman in the History of the Republic'
How did Ruth Bader Ginsburg change America? More than 20 legal thinkers weigh in.
By POLITICO MAGAZINE | September 18, 2020
​​Yes, We Just Saw the Future of Conventions
For a lot of insiders, the “virtual” conventions weren’t a second-best—they were a breath of fresh air. Here are the tricks the parties should learn from the past two weeks, according to experts.
By POLITICO MAGAZINE | August 28, 2020
​It Really Is Different This Time
Two dozen experts explain why.
By POLITICO MAGAZINE | June 04, 2020

Op-eds

​By legal experts:

​The Trump Taxes Story Exposes a Glaring Hole in Biden's Criminal Justice Platform
It’s not too late to campaign on greater prosecution of financial crimes.
By ANKUSH KHARDORI | October 10, 2020
​The One Word Alan Dershowitz Gets Wrong in the Impeachment Clause
There’s a reason the Founders didn’t just end it at “high crimes.”
By CLARK D. CUNNINGHAM | January 24, 2020

​​By political scientists:

​Why the Impeachment Fight Is Even Scarier Than You Think
Political scientists have studied what our democracy is going through. It usually doesn’t end well.
By THOMAS PEPINSKY | October 31, 2019
​Democrats Don't Want to Nominate a Candidate Who Looks Like Bernie or Joe
In a new national survey, the party’s primary voters prefer female candidates of color in 2020. So why are two white guys in the lead?
By GABRIELE MAGNI and ANDREW REYNOLDS | May 24, 2019

​​​By current and former politicians and policymakers:

​Here's How to Cover Uninsured Americans During the Pandemic
Empowering Medicare to cover our health needs is comprehensive and cost-effective.
By SEN. BERNIE SANDERS | April 28, 2020
​Now's Not the Time for Isolationism
Countries need to work together to fight coronavirus, and the U.S. should step up to lead those efforts, not back off from them.
By MICHÈLE A. FLOURNOY and LISA O. MONACO | April 08, 2020

Stories for POLITICO's "The Agenda"

​Making a Phone Call from Behind Bars Shouldn't Send Your Family into Debt
Covid-19 has forced lawmakers to take a harder look at the prison telecom industry. It's long been due for a makeover.
By SYLVIA A. HARVEY | Sept. 20, 2020
​The College Students Who Live in Homeless Shelters
Politicians love to talk about college costs. But there’s a big one that they’ve barely started to address.
By CLAIRE BRYAN | June 25, 2019