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As moratoriums come to an end, the man some call ‘Lock-’em-out Lennie’ is once again knocking on doors in Arizona to evict more than a dozen people each day. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12…

As tensions rise across the world, a family in rural Montana reckons with the active nuclear missile that's ready to launch at any second from their ranch. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04…

The opioid epidemic, a homelessness crisis, and rising crime in post-pandemic America as experienced each day on a city bus. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06…

A Buffalo attorney’s investigation of one mass shooting leads him back to another. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08…

Amid a historic U.S. teacher shortage and cratering student performance, a “Most Outstanding Teacher” from the Philippines tries to help save a struggling school in rural Arizona. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10…

"One day teaching here is like a month." At a failing public school in Arizona, an international teacher finds an America much different from what she expected. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10…

As a mental health crisis overwhelms many American cities post-pandemic, a psychiatric nurse in Seattle reckons with the high cost of compassion. washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11…

"It's the usual chaos and suffering. But the restaurant's still standing." As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, one small business is wondering how long it can hang on. nyti.ms/3TrioSF

For his first New York Times story, writer at large Eli Saslow traveled to Phoenix to spend time with the owners of a sandwich shop and the people who live in a homeless encampment that surrounds it. nytimes.com/2023/03/19/ins…

After many great and fulfilling years at The Washington Post, I started a new job last month at the NYT. This is my first story. nytimes.com/2023/03/19/us/…

The number of homeless people dying in San Diego has gone up almost 10x in the last decade. Same in LA. Same in Seattle. Same in Denver, Phoenix, Austin and and and. This is Abdul. His wife and 20+ friends died last year, and any night he could be next. nytimes.com/2023/05/13/us/…

Increasingly, this is who state capitols and courtrooms are holding accountable for the fentanyl crisis - addicts like Josh Askins, who shared drugs with a friend who overdosed, called for help, performed CPR, and then was charged with murder. nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/…

Fall in America: Eight years ago in a classroom, Brenda Valenzuela survived one of America's worst mass shootings. Now she must send her own children back to school. nytimes.com/2023/09/26/us/…

It’s hard to accept help. My friend Maya convinced me that ppl want to help & I should give them a way to do that. We will be forever grateful for the love & support sent our way, but we are’t surprised by the number of ppl Chris touched. That was his way.gofund.me/182b292c

I write a lot about people and places in moments of desperation, but what I saw in Portland floored me: police lines that disconnect because of high call volume, dangerous 911 wait times, and a messy response to the attempted kidnapping of a 7-year-old. nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/…

"How can any of this be considered normal?" Another stunning Eli Saslow story from the front lines of the urban unraveling, on one of the countless private security guards being hired to patrol American cities: nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/…

In the weeks before his sentencing for 11 crimes on Jan. 6th, Brian Mock pleads his case to the person whose opinion he values most: the son who turned him in to the FBI. nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/…

Thirty years ago, Chris George was the first American taken hostage in Gaza. Now, as the head of a divided non-profit, can he use that experience for good? nytimes.com/2023/12/31/us/…

The border crisis arrives with full force on one of the most remote family cattle ranch in the U.S. Desperate migrants. Cartel violence. Medical emergencies. It's all happening each night in the Chiltons' backyard. nytimes.com/2024/02/18/us/…