“Tupac Was an Imperfect Prophet”: On Tupac Shakur and the Black prophetic tradition for Zócalo Public Square, 12/11/2023

“Soul Music Gave Me Surrogate Fathers—Then Helped Me to Know My Own”: On soul music and fatherhood for LEVEL, 06/18/2020

“Folks Canceled Sammy Davis Jr—but It’s Time to Reinstate Him”: On reconsidering Sammy for LEVEL, 02/03/2020

“A Boy Called Moose”: On the life and death of Quanice Derrick Hayes for NAILED, 07/22/2019

“Finding My Identity by the Light of My Mother’s Menorah”: On heritage and race for Longreads, December 2017

“What Can a Writer Say When Words No Longer Have Meaning?”: On politics and the de-legitimization of language for NAILED, 03/28/2017

“Fathers, Fugitives”: On child support and the criminalization of fathers for NAILED, 05/28/2015