20 years ago today, U.S. marines draped an American flag on the Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad's Firdos Sqr. The image went viral as the Iraq War version of 'Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima'. 10 years ago today, I profiled the owner of that flag. (Thread) salon.com/2013/04/09/mar…

My latest: an inside look at how an immigrant farm labor bill failed in the U.S. Senate. It details how American Farm Bureau and Senator Mike Crapo went against the wishes of everyday farmers, resulting in crops rotting in the fields and higher prices at the grocery store. ideaspace.com/congressional-…

Great analysis on the failure of the progressive movement in the Philly mayoral election.

Me: You like American apples? You: Sure Me: Well, if u wanna keep eating American apples, tell your member of Congress to support the Affordable & Secure Food Act How do you like dem apples? See my interview with an American apple farmer 👇 ideaspace.com/interviews/a-f…

I wrote about how unelected government officials effectively obstructed Congress on an #immigration bill. Said Rep. Scott Peters: "I'm not sure the State Dept. sees it the same way as our citizens do." Said a staffer: "Our constituents are pissed." ideaspace.com/congressional-…

Message to Philadelphia Phillies: Win tonight for the city of Philadelphia. Also, win tonight so that my op-ed on an immigration bill, which is pegged to Jose Alvarado pitching in the World Series, can still be published. #Phillies 🙏

Excited for this oral history on the 1999 WTO protests.

Love it when I can combine my passion for baseball with the policy wonk in me. I wrote about how the Temporary Family Visitation Act could be a sea change both for foreign-born MLB players and the reformation of our deeply flawed immigration system. liberalpatriot.com/p/immigration-…

"Bush was talking, saying he would have a dinner with Maliki after the press conference. And I said to myself, 'I have a good dinner for you. You’ll eat my shoe!'" For @nymag, I got inside the head of the man who 15 years ago today threw his shoes @ Bush. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Kamala's record addressing root causes of migration from Central America is actually good. She should use it on the campaign trail. My new story in The New Republic #Immigration #KamalaHarris 👇 newrepublic.com/article/186242…

Wow. Just got called a dirt bag and a low T soy boy on Twitter for publishing a sober analysis of Kamala’s efforts to reduce migration from Central America. Feels like I’ve finally arrived as a journalist.

For New York Magazine I wrote about turmoil inside the ACLU. According to a source, when he warned leadership that the org was running afoul of its nonpartisan mission, Anthony Romero said, 'Get on board or get out of the way. This is not your grandfather's ACLU.' 👇nymag.com/intelligencer/…

For those who prefer listening over reading, here’s the audio version of my longform, “The Free-Speech War Inside the ACLU”. Courtesy of Apple News. apple.news/A2s2Z24kUQkGJ2…