How to solve a slum: Poor residents push back on government housing plans
This is the third piece in a three-part series published by The Seattle Times and The Seattle Globalist. The series made the front page of The Seattle Times three times and was also featured on GOOD, ONE … Continue reading
Pushed to the brink, slums become hotbeds of innovation
This is the second piece in a three-part series published by The Seattle Times and The Seattle Globalist. The series made the front page of The Seattle Times three times and was also featured on GOOD, ONE … Continue reading
Life in Kenya slum sheds light on growing global reality
This is the first piece in a three part series published by The Seattle Times and The Seattle Globalist. The series made the front page of The Seattle Times three times … Continue reading
Kibera: Nairobi’s Biggest Slum Challenges the Development Narrative
Read my piece for GOOD on my upcoming series Slum Rising! “You see their face change immediately,” Emily said of when she tells people that she lives in Kibera, … Continue reading
Slum Rising: New stories from tomorrow’s mega cities
One sixth of the world’s population lives in slums, but there’s a lot more going on there than poverty. Slum Rising is my upcoming series for The Seattle Globalist that will … Continue reading
New MOHAI shows off Seattle’s long history of global ties
When I woke up New Years Day, I immediately regretted my plans to spend the day in a museum. It was one of those uncharacteristically sunny winter days in Seattle. … Continue reading
Top 5 bizarre plans for tonight’s apocalypse
The end is near! And for Seattleites that means going out with a bang. It’s almost December 21st, the day the Ancient Mayans predicted (sort of) that the world would … Continue reading
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