Currently based in Madrid, Spain, I write about the intersection of politics and culture, immigration and citizenship. 

Much of my work this year has been funded through the  help of a generous Milena Jesenska Journalism Fellowship from Boston University and the Institute or Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria.

recently published:

Sybaritic St. Moritz
The New York Times

Bubo and Bubo Bar Barcelona
The New York Times

Act of Desperation
The recent Madrid airport bombing is a sign that the Basque nationalist group ETA is flailing
The American Prospect

A Priest's Crusade
The Christian Science Monitor

An Arty Oasis in Old Tel Aviv
The New York Times

Strain in Spain
African immigrants poured into Spain all summer
The American Prospect

Check out some other recent stories in
The New York Times
The American Prospect
Democracy a Journal of Ideas
Elle Magazine
The Christian Science Monitor
New York Magazine
Or find more by clicking the "politics and culture"  and "travel writing" links above