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The Case of the Disappearing Franchise

[Proof by America's Test Kitchen / September 2, 2020]

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In which the great, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain interviewed me about KFC. I've always been too nervous to listen to it, but people tell me I'm in there. 

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Rethinking International Agricultural Development

[Global Get Down - A Global Affairs Podcast by IRSA / December 2, 2022]

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Siera Vercillo and I spoke with students at the University of British Columbia about farming in Africa.

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Why Did California Vote Down the Minimum Wage Increase ft. Alex Park

[This is Revolution / December 9, 2024]

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Talking about recent legislative victories & ballot challenges to low-wage labor. 

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​​Management by stress, lean production, and fast food

[TikTok + c.a.i.t.l.y.n. + Economic Hardship Reporting Project / September 30, 2024]

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A TikTok on the nature of fast food work, based on a my story for Jacobin

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Fast Food and Automation ft. Alex Park

[This is Revolution / September 19, 2024]

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Talking about the bleak present and darker future of fast food labor. 

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Fast food is local food, says journalist who took pictures of McDonald's all over the world

[CBC / January 31, 2025]

 

A story by Sheena Goodyear about how fast food outlets can be local restaurants.
 

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GRAPHIC: Midwestern land-grant schools received at least 42% of ag research grant money, data shows
[Investigate Midwest / August 17, 2023]

A story by Talia Duffy, with more details on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

 

U.S. Universities Aren't Getting Enough Funding to Tackle Agriculture's Climate Impact
[TIME / February 1, 2023]
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A story by Aryn Baker on some of my research on the money behind university agriculture departments.

 

 

Journalism's Gate keepers
[Columbia Journalism Review / August 21, 2020]

Tim Schwab's excellent story on how the Gates Foundation seeks to control the narrative about its work. Featuring a story about my work for De Correspondent. Tim later expanded on this story in his 2023 book The Bill Gates Problem.
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The Gates Foundation Tries to Defend Its Investment in Private Prisons

[The Stranger / April 10, 2014]​

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A story by Ansel Herz's on the outrage that followed my story revealing that the Gates Foundation's had put money down on private prisons.

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Meat Makes the Planet Thirsty
[The New York Times / March 7, 2014]
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An editorial by James McWilliams, professor of history at Texas State University, referencing a Mother Jones graphic I co-produced. 
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Why Macalester student says international prof plagiarized him
[Minnesota Public Radio / October 11, 2010]

A profile, of sorts.