The Guardian • May 2023 Will America’s first ‘right to sleep outside’ actually help unhoused people? It leaves out the one right that would actually solve homelessness: housing.
Fast Company • May 2023 I asked ChatGPT to contest my parking ticket. What followed was a thing of beauty The judge called its defense ‘persuasive.’
The Guardian • May 2023 ‘It’s a failure of the system’: before Jordan Neely was killed, he was discarded How did Jordan Neely fall through New York City's sprawling safety net?
Fast Company • May 2023 Meredith Whittaker says AI’s biggest risk isn’t ‘consciousness’—it’s the corporations that control them The Signal president on why labor organizing still matters.
Fast Company • May 2023 Ex-Googlers blast ‘AI godfather’ Geoffrey Hinton’s silence on fired AI experts Where was Hinton when Google fired experts for warning AI could harm marginalized people?
The Guardian • May 2023 ‘I thought they’d kill us’: how the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island For 60+ years, the US Navy fired explosives on Vieques. Today, the islanders still suffer the devastating consequences.
Fast Company • April 2023 Can existing laws regulate AI? The federal government and experts say yes Agencies aren’t going to give AI special treatment just because it's new.
Fast Company • April 2023 A California bill would regulate automated decisions. But is its definition of AI too narrow? Assembly Bill 331 would create rules for machines that make 'consequential decisions.'
The Guardian • April 2023 Forty-three druggings, seven deaths: New York clubgoers face wave of violent robberies How do you stay vigilant in venues meant to let you drop your defenses?
Fast Company • April 2023 Goodbye Silicon Valley, hello . . . Arlington? For the Pentagon, layoffs are a once-in-a-generation chance to snap up tech talent.
Fast Company • March 2023 NYC is about to regulate AI in hiring. Critics say the new law doesn’t do much Why Local Law 144 isn't just a missed opportunity, but dangerous.
Curbed • March 2023 What if we made It easier for renters to buy their buildings? A new bill in Albany would give tenants the right to purchase their buildings — and the funding to do it.
The Guardian • March 2023 ‘It’s legal, there’s just no precedent’: the first US town to demand a rent decrease When housing prices soared in Kingston, it tried something no other city had ever done.
The Guardian • March 2023 Starbucks fired a union organizer. New York City got him rehired Austin Locke was sacked days after he helped unionize workers. A monumental new labor law means he’s back on the job.
Curbed • January 2023 Does New York’s Chinatown Really Need an Arch? New York has approved funding for the city's first Chinatown gate. Not everyone is happy.
The Guardian • January 2023 ‘The worst it’s ever been’: mysterious US Adderall shortage puts ADHD patients at risk What's really behind the historic stimulant shortage.
Fast Company • January 2023 Amazon was cited for ‘serious’ worker safety violations. Why was the fine only $60,000? How Amazon gets off with a slap on the wrist for systematically endangering its workers.
Verso • December 2022 Hong Kong and neoliberalism My chapter in Verso's 'The China Question: Toward Left Perspectives' (2022)
Curbed • December 2022 The crumbling building where no one claims to be the landlord The strange case of a Crown Heights building that no landlord claims to own.
The Guardian • December 2022 ‘Freedom in China is precious’: Tiananmen Square protest veteran salutes new generation For Chinese former democracy leaders, it’s been emotional to watch mass protests erupt anew.