This is the place to find all (well, most) of my writing. My current obsessions are urban vitality, political polarization, and nonprofit leadership. I’ve also written a lot about incrementalism and criminal justice reform. Every now and then I also write about popular culture — movies, sports, music.

Vital City

An urban policy journal that advances new ideas for building thriving cities

The Polarization Project

An exploration of the relationship between polarization and political violence, conducted for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

At the Crossroads

A series of interviews with criminal justice experts on gun violence conducted for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation