Journalism

As a journalist, she covers housing, transportation, arts and books, businesses, and local news. She is a Daily Editor at the Chicago Review of Books and writes for the Chicago Reader, Block Club Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, South Side Weekly, Stacker, and other publications.

• Is Illinois ready for a recession? — Chicago Sun-Times
• How transportation investment could improve pedestrian safety in Black communities — Stacker
• From New York to LA, Public Transportation Is Turning High-Tech — Stacker
• Beyond the COVID dashboard: How local governments are continuing to invest in public data initiatives — Stacker
• These 6 metros have the highest share of remote workers. Here’s what they reveal about the future of remote work — Stacker
• Blue Line blues — Chicago Reader
• “No new revenue without reform” — Chicago Reader
• The Twin Fates of Two-Flats — South Side Weekly
• The CTA’s missing riders — Chicago Reader | Finalist for 2024 Sarah Brown Boyden Awards in Features
• Roots and Roofs: Building Wealth Through Chicago’s Two-Flats — Change Agents: The Podcast | Finalist for 2025 Peter Lisagor Awards
• Bronzeville’s future as a real estate “gem” threatens its legacy as Chicago’s Black Metropolis — City Bureau
• COVID’s Long Shadow — South Side Weekly
• City council talks transit accountability — Chicago Reader
• Q&A: Keeping Black Wealth in Bronzeville — City Bureau
• The moment met the CTA — Chicago Reader | Finalist for 2024 Sarah Brown Boyden Awards in Features
• CTA Workers Put Pressure on Agency to Improve Working Conditions — South Side Weekly
• Organizers Demand Affordable Housing Protections at CBA Summit — South Side Weekly and Hyde Park Herald
• Title 42 Is Ending. What’s Next For Immigration? — Borderless Magazine
• Blue Tin Productions Lays the Foundation for Ethical Manufacturing — South Side Weekly

• “All this doesn’t inoculate you from racism:” A Conversation with Nancy Johnson — Chicago Review of Books
• Land, The First Frontier: An Interview with Michael Albertus about “Land Power” — Chicago Review of Books
• Creation Flows Both Ways in “Death of the Author” — Chicago Review of Books
• Mythic Pasts and Displacement in “The Rage of Replacement” — Chicago Review of Books
• Marguerite L. Harrold explores Chicago house music in new book — The TRiiBE
• Black Chicago Touches Everything: A Conversation with Arionne Nettles — Chicago Review of Books
• Chicago in Flux: An Interview with Gregory Royal Pratt about “The City is Up for Grabs” — Chicago Review of Books
• Logging on for “Extremely Online” — Chicago Review of Books
• The Potential and Promise of Parole: An Interview with Ben Austen About “Correction” — Chicago Review of Books
• “I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times” follows its road home — Chicago Reader
• Rediscovering Frank London Brown — Chicago Reader
• The Specters of “Yellowface” — Chicago Review of Books
• Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair — Chicago Reader
• Found Family, Forests, and Fantastical Storytelling from “In the Lives of Puppets” — Chicago Review of Books
• Poet José Olivarez Attempts to Resist Empire in “Promises of Gold” — South Side Weekly
• “Blissing Out:” Ling Ma’s “Bliss Montage” Stretches the Familiar into the Surreal — South Side Weekly and Hyde Park Herald
• Community, Nostalgia, and Vaporub — South Side Weekly

• Illinois expanded tax credits for some workers and families but not all of the money is claimed, experts say — Chicago Sun-Times
• Tax season is in full swing. Here’s what you need to prepare. — Chicago Sun-Times
• First Gear Skateshop Moves From Berwyn To Bridgeport, Boosting South Side Skate Culture — Block Club Chicago
• City’s First Plus-Size Thrift Store Struggling As Construction Takes Over Logan Square Stretch — Block Club Chicago
• Granville Avenue Overhaul Could Make Dangerous Stretch Safer, City Says — Block Club Chicago
• Want to apply for the new Illinois rental assistance program? Here’s what landlords, tenants should know — Chicago Sun-Times
• Edgewater’s DMApothecary Opens Tea Bar On Shop’s 2nd Anniversary — Block Club Chicago
• Kelvyn Park High School Would Lose Its 7th And 8th Grade Classes Under CPS Plan — Block Club Chicago
• Investment scams like crypto and romance are on the rise, BBB study says — Chicago Sun-Times
• Rogers Park Street Turned Into Public Plaza As Part Of Clark Street Upgrades — Block Club Chicago
• Bridgeport Records Brings House Music Vinyl Shop To The South Side — Block Club Chicago
• Moroccan Designer Opens West Ridge Shop That’s A Love Letter To Her Home Country — Block Club Chicago
• COVID’s Long Shadow — South Side Weekly
• West Side Community Gardeners Take Their Skills Home — Block Club Chicago
• Changing of the Guard in Chicago’s City Council — South Side Weekly