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On the Block
I’ve got a piece in the new issue of the American Prospect, on some innovative anti-crime efforts in Oakland that actually work. In the most messed-up parts of the city, police action alone can’t do...
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Pimville, Soweto
(From the upcoming 4xAfrica show at Rayko SF. Click on the image for a larger version.) Pimville, Soweto, South Africa, 2009. As an outsider, it’s easy to get caught up in the fear of crime that...
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Kliptown blues
(From the 4xAfrica show at Rayko SF, which runs through February 27. Click on the image for a larger version.) Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa, 2009. I took this photo while hanging out in a so-called...
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Death to the Penalty
This month’s San Francisco magazine runs my piece on a legal challenge that could bring California’s death penalty law crashing down. The decision is expected this fall, but no matter which way the...
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The Thug
Remember the movie Tsotsi, about a South African criminal? My story, “The Thug,” profiles a real-life tsotsi. It appears this month in the literary magazine Carte Blanche. Most nights the crew headed...
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Inspector General
For this profile of the man who runs field operations for U.S. Customs across a huge swath of the West, I spent a few days talking with Customs agents and hanging out at the Port of Oakland, SFO, and a...
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