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Where Is The Peace?
Where is the Peace? “The world is experiencing the highest level of violence since World War II. In 2022, more than 2 billion people lived in conflict-afflicted a...
editorial
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politics
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war
Silicon Valley Off The Rails
How Silicon Valley went off the rails. “Even if it were never the intention, tech companies became key players in killing our comity and stymieing our politics, o...
editorial
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tech
EXTRA MONEY
How to make extra money. Your guide to well-paying side hustles. Cover spots and interior images for Entrepreneur magazine AD and cover design: Paul...
The Rise of American Oligarchy
“American oligarchy offers a twist on the pilfering of the commons that produced Russia’s. It is built on a different kind of resource, not nickel or potash, but you...
editorial
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politics
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money
Academic Integrity
How do we maintain academic integrity in the age of ChatGPT? Client: Liberal Education Magazine AD: Todd Albertson
editorial
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education
Texas's War On Home Rule
HB 2127, the new Texas state GOP sponsored law which strips municipalities of regulatory authority, was intended to target liberal cities. But Plano and other...
editorial
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politics
The Qatar Trap
Without the financial support of Qatar, Germany’s most important economic partner in the Middle East, Hamas would not be the terrorist organisation it is t...
"Never Trump" Republicans
When do “Never Trump Republicans” become Democrats for life? Client: New Republic
editorial
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Trump
Dark Brandon in the House
At the State of the Union, let's see Dark Brandon in the house. Client: New York Times Opinion AD: Sam Whitney
politics
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opinion
The Race Gap
Growing Racial Disparities in Voter Turnout. The gap is increasing nationwide, especially in counties that had been subject to federal oversight until the Supreme...
A.I. Finance
Can A.I. replace your financial advisor? Not Yet. But wait. Client: Wall Street Journal Reports AD: Sheryl Dermawan
editorial
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business
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money
Biology A.I.
A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive. Given troves of data about genes and cells, A.I. models have made some surprising discoveries. What could they teach us...
editorial
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science
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AI
Treat-ment
Art for Drexel University’s Exel Magazine about nutritional supplements developed by The Food Lab for cancer patients or the elderly that look and taste like d...
health
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editorial
Happy Days Nostalgia
Still feeling the Pull of 'Happy Days' The series is the model of a kind of nostalgia that's as miuch about whet we forget as what we remember. Client: New York...
editorial
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arts
Europe's Strategic Impotence
Europe’s Strategic Impotence. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a wake up call, but the continent is still not ready for action. 1) Cover art 2) Europe’s military b...
cover
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editorial
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politics
Made in America
What Made In America Means For The World Cover art and interior series for Foreign Policy on the rise of protectionism. "The problem with U.S. policy isn’t just t...
cover
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economy
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politics
The New Arms Race
The New Arms Race. With the war in Ukraine, spending on armaments has increased again. But no one now dares to question the profits of the military...
cover
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editorial
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politics
New York's Rats Have Already Won
New York's Rats Have Already Won. "I thought having a rat czar would be an easy win for the city. I was wrong." Text by By Xochitl Gonzalez Client: The...
The threat from the illiberal left
Cover art for The Economist The threat of the illiberal left. "Superficially, the illiberal left and classical liberals want many of the same things […] But n...
cover
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editorial
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politics
Hazardous Ingredients
Potentially hazardous additives in processed foods- such as red dye #3, titanium dioxide and propylparaben, found mostly in baked goods, candy, and soda. Client:...
health
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editorial
Recruiting Gen Z
Cover and interior art for the Harvard Business School alumni bulletin. A field guide to recruiting and retaining Gen Z. Managing an intergenerational workplace...
editorial
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business
Under the Gun
On the psychology of gun ownership: "In order for a gun to feel useful, an individual has to believe two things: that the world is dangerous and that society is...
editorial
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guns
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politics
The Big Break
Cover art for The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind. By Ben Terris Client:...
cover
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bookcover
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politics
Ho! Ho! Horrible!
This Holiday Season Is Looking Ho! Ho! Horrible! It’s a bad signal for the economy that people aren’t spending money, but good for shoppers seeking discounts. ...
economy
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business
The Bubble Economy
"Is the "Bubble Economy" really bursting? Low interest rates aren't as bad as we thought." Client: Barrons
GIF
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economy
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Barrons
College after Roe
Abortion bans are causing students to radically rethink their college plans: One year after Dobbs, young women across the country weigh their options against a...
editorial
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health
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women
The Acceleration Issue
Cover art and animation for Brunswick Review’s acceleration issue. *Selected for American Illustration 42
GIF
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tech
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economy
The Big Waste
The Big Waste Many clothing online stores claim to be sustainable. But behind their promises there’s an items return system that feeds unnecessary c...
The NIMBY Capital
Has Austin Become the NIMBY Capital of Texas? A cost-of-living crisis is at hand, and neighborhood groups command an outsized influence on affordable housing...
editorial
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housing
Trump's Grip Is Slipping
Trump’s grip on the Republican base is slipping — even among his fans. "More than 150 interviews in pivotal electoral states show the former president maintains a b...
Trump
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GOP
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politics
Party of Trolls
THE GOP IS JUST OBNOXIOUS It’s why the party keeps losing elections. Text by By David Frum Client: The Atlantic AD: Paul Spella
Trump
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politics
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GOP
One Year After the Invasion
Russia, One Year After the Invasion of Ukraine "Last winter, my friends in Moscow doubted that Putin would start a war. But now, as one told me, “the country has u...
Russia
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war
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Ukraine
Google Play
Together with the wonderful design team at Anyways, I created a series of editorial illustrations for Google Play's evergreen image library to help Google's over...
Anyways
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Google
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advertising
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Coral
Earth, Wind, Fire, and Coral. The state of our climate- and one way out of the abyss. Cover art for The American Scholar about two essays: Juli Berwald’s “The Cor...
Remote Work
Art for a package of stories about the future of remote work and changing conditions for office workers, digital nomads, and freelancers. Client: Wall Street...
editorial
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technology
America 2050
Cover and interior art for the December issue of The New Republic. America 2050: Will the United States still be one nation? Should it be? AD: Andy Omel Slides:...
cover
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editorial
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politics
The Originalism Trap
The Originalism Trap Section cover and interior illustrations for an essay by Ruth Marcus. Client: The Washington Post
editorial
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cover
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collage
Profits and Losses
Art for a story by Nick Fuller Googins, telling of his experience navigating a corrupt medical landscape. “Is there such a thing as non-shitty health insurance? C...
editorial
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health
The Power of Trade.
Despite the tensions, business between China and the United States has never gone so well. Thanks also to the pandemic. Client: Internazionale Art direction:...
cover
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editorial
Reshaping Work
5 ways new grads want to reshape work forever. Cover and interior art for Boston Globe Magazine. Art direction: Greg Klee
cover
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education
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business
After Roe
After Roe v Wade: The Next Front in the Abortion Fight. Cover art for Harper’s Magazine on the politics of abortion after Roe v. Wade.
cover
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editorial
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health
Fridays off. Forever
How one company embraced the four-day week and actually made it work. Client: Business Insider AD: Rebecca Zisser
business
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editorial
The $44bn Gamble
The $44bn Gamble. Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover could fall apart. Cover art for The Guardian Weekly Art direction: Andrew Stocks
cover
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tech
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social media
Royal Wealth
Cover art for The Guardian’s series of investigations into the personal enrichment of the royal family and origins of some of their wealth.
Investigative
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editorial
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cover
Trading with the Enemy
Confronting Russia shows the tension between free trade and freedom. Client: The Economist Art direction: Matt Withers
editorial
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politics
Book Banning
Cover and interior for School Library Journal, on book bans and censorship. Facing a coordinated, national public attack "librarians are now at the forefront of a...
cover
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books
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editorial
Medicare for All
Conceptual hero image about Medicare for All, for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
editorial
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video
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johnoliver
TikTok Ubiquity
TikTok has achieved the dream of every young platform: unavoidability. Now comes the nightmare. Client: New York Magazine AD: Susanna Hayward
tech
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editorial
Amazon Europe
How Amazon Exported American Working Conditions To Europe. After Amazon workers in Germany began striking, the company expanded eastward, where looser labor laws...
business
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editorial
To Japan
Art for Brunswick Review's Japan issue, about progressive business models. AD: Frank Tagariello
tech
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editorial
Irish Unity
What Northern Ireland is really fighting for. With the nationalist Sinn Féin party gaining ground on both sides of the border, Irish unity has never been ...
cover
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politics
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ireland
American Veterans in Ukraine
Should American Veterans go to Ukraine? "To me, there’s a moral clarity to helping defend Ukraine that distinguishes it from many modern conflicts. But that has l...
Policy by Plutocrat
With ‘Stealth Politics,’ Billionaires Make Sure Their Money Talks. What do they actually want? Client: New York Times Magazine AD and page design: Claudia Rub...
editorial
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politics
Studying the Effects of Alcohol
Reaching for the bottle is a common response to a crisis. And the pandemic got people drinking — a lot. USC experts looking for solutions to the long-term effects o...
GIF
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editorial
Centrist Critics
"Like Roosevelt, President Biden entered office in a flood of crises. Over the past few weeks, however, centrists in Mr. Biden’s own party have been chiseling away a...
New York Times
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editorial
Rabbit Hole
Inside the Facebook Rabbit Hole: A researcher employed by Facebook invented fictitious “test user” accounts in 2019 and 2020, as part of an experiment in studying th...
Clean Networking
If Networking Makes You Feel Dirty, You’re Doing It Wrong. "In one study conducted, the perceived moral contamination of networking clouded people’s perceptions so ...
WSJ
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business
The Power of Proximity
The Power of Proximity "One of the biggest challenges I face as a White professor teaching mostly White students to recognize and challenge racial oppression is the...
editorial
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politics
School Lockdown
Reopening Schools Is Way Harder Than It Should Be So is leaving them closed. Now what do we do? Text by Sarah Darville Client: New York Times, Sunday Review
New York Times
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op-ed
Pandora Papers
Cover art for The Guardian accompanying their Pandora Papers report: "When the rich and powerful stash their money in tax havens, they’re essentially buying s...
cover
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editorial
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money
Suisse Secrets
A massive leak from one of the world’s biggest private banks, Credit Suisse, has exposed the hidden wealth of clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money l...
Complicit Cops
Art for a piece about the culture of complicity in police departments and how a lack of accountability allows horrible acts, such as the murder of George Floyd, to...
editorial
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police
The Money Issue
The Money Issue: "With every spike and lull of Covid-19 in the past year, the seams of the American economy split apart a little more. The rich — including nearly ...
editorial
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money
The Horror Issue
The horror issue: How a century of horror movies reflects our existential fears, the surreal real estate market for ghostly homes, the morbid appeal of botched...
cover
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vox
The Everything Shortage
Cover and inside spread for this week's @barrons about global supply chain problems and how companies are running low on everything from soybeans to semi...
Cover
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business
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economy
A Greener America
"Even as the Trump administration has taken a wrecking ball to the country’s environmental protections, across America environmental leaders are pushing through r...
Why We Can't Have Nice Things
"This is why we can't have nice things...or can we? Designing data-driven products without humans at the center leads to a pernicious cycle of exploiting tech and...
The $14,000 Air Filter
This $14,000 Air Filter Promises to “Kill” COVID. Is It Worth the Price? Client: Texas Monthly AD: Victoria Millner
covid
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editorial
Popping the Pandemic
Cover and feature illustrations for the University of Utah Magazine about our collective pandemic anxiety and what the history of vaccines can tell us about the...
cover
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COVID
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editorial
Bad Polling Data
In an age of hyper-partisanship, adding context to survey data is key to giving audiences the full picture. Client: Nieman Reports AD: Dan Zedek
Is Civil War Coming to America?
Art for the review of “How Civil Wars Start,” by Barbara F. Walter, and “The Next Civil War,” by Stephen Marche. Client: New York Times Book Review Art directi...
books
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type
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editorial
Healthy Finance
Series of illustrations for Synchrony Bank: 1) The seven-day financial cleanse 2) Financial advice for new citizens 3) How to withdraw from your retirement...
money
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editorial
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business
La democracia
Book cover for La Democracia, by Ronald A. Dahl. Art originally commissioned by Republik for an article titled "Wer hat Angst vor der Demokratie?" (Who's afraid...
book cover
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politics
Toxic Theatre
Is Williamstown Theatre Festival a professional springboard, or a place that exposes young artists to repeated safety hazards and a toxic work culture? Report by...
Labor of the Mind
On the tenuous position of adjunct faculty and how it negatively affects student learning and endangers academic freedom. "Ironically, institutions of higher...
education
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series
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cover
Staying Power
Art for Liberal Education magazine about increased faculty retention due to a successful cohort mentoring model at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. "Instead of r...
It's a Match
Cover and inside illustrations for Texas A&M's MAROON magazine, about their matching fundraising efforts. Client: Pentagram Austin Art direction: DJ Stout and...
cover
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editorial
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money
Cybereveryday
Personal work / non-commissioned
unpublished
Human Work
Series for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, about the role of liberal education in overcoming racism and inequities that have plagued our...
editorial
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politics
Water Hackers
50,000 security disasters waiting to happen: The problem of America's water supplies and cyberattacks on U.S. water infrastructure. Client: NBC News Art...
gif
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tech
An Uncivil War
Illustration for Greg Sargent's forthcoming book AN UNCIVIL WAR. Design and art direction: Ploy Siripant Client: HarperCollins
book cover
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HarperCollins
What is NATO for?
What is NATO for? The war in Ukraine has revived NATO, but the Atlantic alliance does not have a strategic plan. Cover art for Internazionale Magazine Art...
cover
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editorial
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politics
The Commodities Boom
Two covers (primary cover and interior report display image) about inflation of commodities prices, and how to play it with funds. Client: Barron's Art...
Cover
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business
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economy
Aggressive Gambits
Has Ron DeSantis Let All the Winning Go to His Head? The Florida governor’s increasingly aggressive gambits make some wonder if he’s headed for a fall. Lede and sp...
GIF
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politics
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DeSantis
Model Rules of Conduct
Lawyers Enabled Trump’s Worst Abuses "The Model Rules of Professional Conduct bar lawyers from abusing the legal process, and yet for weeks on end a cohort of l...
Labor Shortage
The Labor Shortage Has Empowered Workers "The labor scarcity we’re experiencing is real. But this is an opportunity, not a crisis. […] Imagine that the U.S. had a m...
Trigger Warning
The Pentagon’s shifting “humans in the loop” thinking when it comes to operating autonomous weapons such as drone and autonomous robots. Client: WIRED
editorial
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tech
Head On
Missing in Action: Europe's China Plan Caught between Washington and Beijing, European capitals seek a strategy. AD: @timball Client: Politico Europe
politics
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money
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editorial
Field of Dreams
How do you unite a fractious base and defeat President Trump? No one seems to know, but that isn’t stopping them from giving it a try. Text by Mark L...
NYT Magazine
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editorial
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series
Happy Entrepreneurs
Are entrepreneurs happier than other people? The short answer is yes,. But it's more complicated than that. Client: Wall Street Journal Art director: Manuel...
cover
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business
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wsj
Too Many Holocaust Books for Kids
Children’s literature about Jewish experience is obsessively focused on the Holocaust, Marjorie Ingall argues. As a result, kids learn that the worst thing that e...
book review
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editorial
Are we really free to choose?
More and more scientists and philosophers are convinced that free will is incompatible with the laws of the universe. An idea that some consider too dangerous to...
cover
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editorial
Military Supremacy
America Has No Reason to Be So Powerful "Eighty years ago, the United States made a tragic decision to pursue global supremacy. The project has outlived its...
Double Secession
Why democracies are in crisis Plutocratic populists reduce economic conflicts to questions of belonging. "Democracies today face a double secession. One is that...
editorial
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politics
Section 230
"Lawmakers have sweeping plans to change the foundational covenant between the government and internet platforms. Some experts are cheering, others are wondering if...
tech
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wsj
Retire on Dividends
Yes, you can retire on dividends. How to build a portfolio that provides a steady stream of income for years. Cover and interior illustrations Client:...
cover
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money
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finance
War and the Capitol
Why the Capitol Riot Reminded Me of War "I watched the video with my heart in my throat — the rage, the chaos and destruction for the sake of spectacle. It r...
New York Times
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op-ed
Alt-Tech
Eine Woche Hass / A Week of Hate. Animation about the parallel world of alt-tech social media platforms. Client: Republik Magazine Art direction: Nadja...
GIF
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editorial
Transatlantic Food Fight
The transatlantic relationship descends into a food fight. “In the race to reduce the damage that agriculture is wreaking on the climate, the EU and the U.S. are v...
cover
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editorial
Trump's New Reality
Former president, private citizen and, perhaps, criminal defendant: Donald Trump’s new reality Essay by George Conway Client: Washington Post Opinion Art d...
editorial
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WaPo
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Trump
Confidence Man
Art for the book review of Maggie Haberman’s CONFIDENCE MAN. Client: Washington Post *Selected for American Illustration 42
trump
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collage
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editorial
This Year Will Be Great. Really.
Optimism despite a historically terrible past year, the conditions facing brick and mortar business locations, and how digital continues to revolutionize mundane...
business
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editorial
Electric Everything
We’re not ready for the Electrification of Everything "Instead of having fuels like natural gas or oil or gasoline flow directly into our homes, offices, m...
editorial
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tech
News and Democracy
"What if the deadliest pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918 forces local news onto a new and more hopeful path while reawakening readers and viewers to its...
Tech Regulations
States are no longer content to sit on the sidelines of setting the rules for the internet. Virginia, Florida, Arkansas and Maryland are among dozens of states...
Fake News
The Truth about Fake News Those on the ideological fringes spread most of it, but in the end it hurts us all. Page design by Michaela Lehman Client: Coloradan...
Make It Stop
Cover art for the Nov/Dec issue of Mother Jones. Art direction: Adam Vieyra
cover
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mother jones
Political Zuckerberg
How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics Facebook’s chief, once uninterested, has transformed himself into an active political operator in the Trump era. Client: W...
tech
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wsj
Walmart Makeover
Environmental, social, and governance responsibility has long seemed anathema to Walmart. But the company is quietly making changes and investors are taking...
IPO Party
IPO Market Parties Like It’s 1999 Even in the midst of a recession, investors are pouring money into newly public companies at levels on par with the dot-com e...
Mass Shooter Data
"There is no single profile of a mass shooter. Our data show there are five types." Art director: Steven Banks Client: LA Times Opinion
Editorial
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LA Times
Data Abuse
The United States is virtually the only developed nation without a comprehensive consumer data protection law and an independent agency to enforce it. Text by...
New York Times
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op-ed
Naturalization Test
"The Trump administration has left almost no part of the immigration system untouched. It made changes large and small, from thundering bans of entire nationalities...
Tech Extortion
The Big Tech Extortion Racket How Google, Amazon, and Facebook control our lives. Report by Barry C. Lynn. Client: Harper's Magazine
harpers
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tech
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editorial
Future of the G.O.P.
Win or lose, Trump will hold power over the G.O.P Text by Ross Douthat Client: New York Times Sunday Review
Trump
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editorial
Post-Brexit Trade Tensions
Britain Goes Global UK struggles to find its place due to Post-Brexit trade tensions with China and the US Client: Politico Europe
editorial
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politics
From Boom To Bloodbath
The Permian Basin’s shale revolution is over and renewable energy is surging. What does that mean for Texas’ future? Text by Justin Miller Client: Texas Obs...
editorial
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texas observer
The New World Disorder
Special report series about problems facing the United Nations. Global leadership is missing in action Seventy-five years ago the world’s leaders designed the p...
editorial
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The Economist
Facebook Privacy
Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show. Facebook’s leaders seriously discussed selling access to user ...
facebook
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editorial
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tech
A Season of Change
Washington’s NFL team to retire Redskins name, following sponsor pressure and calls for change Client: Washington Post
sports
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editorial
American Wealth Gap
Why the Widening Wealth Gap Is Bad News for Everyone "The one-two punch of the worst health crisis and economic downturn in decades has brought to the fore an...
editorial
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business
Amazon's Virus Response
Gaps in Amazon’s Response as Virus Spreads to More Than 50 Warehouses Shifting sick-leave policy and communication issues are causing employees to assert t...
editorial
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tech
Rationing Care
You Can Save One Person or Five. But Not All Six. Hospitals are having to ration essential care. Can they do it fairly? Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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op-ed
Global Medical Supply
This Is Not the Time to Let the Market Decide When it comes to crucial medical supplies, cooperation, not competition, will save lives. History shows that it...
New York Times
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op-ed
Bailing Out
Criminal justice reformers are rethinking the crusade against cash bail. "The Brooklyn Community Bail Fund became so deeply incorporated into the bail system,...
editorial
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New Republic
Who's Afraid of Democracy?
"The future belongs to Populism, Authoritarianism, and the parallel control worlds of social media. Is it a crisis of Democracy, or just hysteria?" Client:...
April Losses
The global coronavirus pandemic is forcing corporate bosses to make critical decisions about their workers without knowing what might happen next Client: Wall...
editorial
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coronavirus
Grievance Party
Breaking the Grip of White Grievance “It’s useful to revisit just how the Republican Party painted itself into a white corner. It was a gradual transformation […] I...
New Republic
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GOP
Your Doctor Is An Algorithm
Series about the future of healthcare and how artificial intelligence and other technological advances are impacting care. Topics include: climate change as health...
editorial
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tech
Digital Frankenstein
Creating fake identities using stolen social security numbers and hacked bank and credit card account data. Client: AARP Magazine
editorial
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tech
Containing COVID-19
The human and financial costs of the COVID-19 virus, and the untested sources of these infections. Fortune Magazine, March 2020 issue. Art direction: Leah...
Fortune
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editorial
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virus
Brennan Center for Justice
Illustrations for The Brennan Center for Justice, about varied topics including election security and voter rights. Find out more at BrennanCenter.org
editorial
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elections
Publishing's Reckoning
Controversy over "American Dirt" has rocked an entire industry. Text by David Canfield Client: Entertainment Weekly Art director: Chuck Kerr
book review
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editorial
Silicon Valley Stoics
Why Silicon Valley Fell in Love With an Ancient Philosophy of Austerity In the most indulgent and self-satisfied place in America, Stoicism is all the...
mother jones
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tech
Amazon's Supply
What if the Everything Store can’t stock everything? With its reliance on Chinese manufacturing, Amazon is turning into a case study of how a giant retailer g...
New York Times
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Technology
Immigration Crimes
"I had become a full professor and a best-selling author. Weeks later, Denmark charged me with violating my work and residence permit." Text by Brooke...
New York Times
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op-ed
Taking Down Steve King
Is This the Year Democrats Finally Take Down Steve King? "There’s no small irony in King’s demise: His career is sliding off the rails just as the noxious ideas tha...
politics
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editorial
Bernie Angry. Bernie Smash!
"Hulk smash. But optimism and hope smash too. Why should we not be happy warriors, even as we prepare to battle our archnemesis?" Text by Jennifer Finney...
New York Times
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op-ed
Impeachment Hearings
Impeachment hearings play big on TV, less so with viewers "The three major broadcast networks and their counterparts on cable news aired wall-to-wall live...
NBC
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editorial
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GIF
Unicorns Stumble
Silicon Valley Is Trying Out a New Mantra: Make a Profit. Text by Erin Griffith Art director: Molly bedford Client: New York Times Business
New York Times
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Technology
Life Under The Algorithm
How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class. Art director: Siung Tjia Client: The New Republic
gif
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editorial
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new republic
Impeachment Spin
Democrats' Trump impeachment hysteria in the past will help Republicans ignore Ukraine now. Text by Noah Rothman Art direction: Kara Haupt Client: NBC News
NBC
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editorial
Moscow Mitch
As ‘Moscow Mitch’ Rings in His Ears, McConnell Backs Election Security Text: New York Times Editorial board Art director: Sarah Williamson Client: New York Tim...
New York Times
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op-ed
China's Soft Power
How China gets American companies to parrot its propaganda Text by Isaac Stone fish Art director: Lizzie Hart Client: Washington Post Outlook
Washington Post
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business
Roadside Assistance
With a presidential election looming, convenience stores face troubles and opportunities both familiar and new. Art director: Nico Heins Client: CSP Magazine
gif
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csp
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advertising
We need a bar exam for politicians
"Politicians should be licensed [...] We license lawyers, doctors, teachers, accountants, plumbers, real estate brokers, marriage counselors, dental hygienists,...
Public Housing Pogrom
HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants. Under proposed new rules, if a single member of a family is undocumented, the entire family...
The Nation
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editorial
Regenerative Agriculture
Can regenerative agriculture reverse climate change? Big Food is banking on it. Text by Gosia Wozniacka Art director: Kara Haupt Client: NBC News
NBC
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editorial
What Smoking Does To Your Body
Series of images about the not-so-hidden dangers of tobacco, what smoking does to your body, and how to break the habit. Client: Change Incorporated / VICE Art...
series
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editorial
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vice
Connections
Cover and interior illustrations for GQ inc. Italia’s Summer issue about "Connections". Client: GQ Italia Art director: Federigo Gabellieri
cover
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editorial
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GQ
The Real Trump Foreign Policy
The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base Text by Susan E. Rice Client: New York Times Opinion Art director: Jim Datz
New York Times
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editorial
YouTube for Kids
Is YouTube safe for kids? About the app’s moderation problem with “recommended videos” containing dangerous content such as suicide how tos and pedophilic comme...
editorial
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NBC
Native Advertising
Why Are ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Washington Post’ Producing Ads for Big Oil? It looks like real news, but “native advertising” is greenwashing for the climate-...
The Nation
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editorial
Roundup on Trial
Did Roundup weedkiller cause a man’s cancer? "The jurors will assess the credibility of competing studies that delve into cell mutations, cancer epidemiology and g...
wsj
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editorial
Local Newspapers in Danger
Local newspapers are failing to make the digital transition larger players did — and are in danger of vanishing. Client: Wall Street Journal Exchange Art d...
wsj
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editorial
The Men of 2020
From Woke Bros to Cold Warriors: The Men of 2020 “So many options, so many possible outcomes. And in the end, voters just might decide they don’t want any man in th...
New York Times
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editorial
So You're Going Bald!
Cover art for SO YOU'RE GOING BALD! by Julius Sharpe Client: HarperCollins Art direction: Milan Bozic
Book Cover
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HarperCollins
The Perils of Non-Filing
When you don’t file your taxes for a decade. The Wall Street Journal tells the story of a Texas man who owes more than $26 million in penalties and interest. ...
Implicit Bias
"Avoiding the pitfalls of hidden biases can lead to better story selection and more inclusive reporting" Text by Issac J. Bailey Client: Nieman Reports /...
editorial
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pentagram
Cutting Ties With China
"After years of unsuccessful talks and handshake deals with Beijing, the United States should change course and begin cutting some of its economic ties with...
op-ed
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New York Times
Needled
Outbreaks of once-controlled diseases such as measles are rising around the world. A look at the misinformation behind the growing anti-vax movement. Cover and...
Cover
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editorial
Future of Democrats
The Fate and Future of Democrats and Democracy. Cover illustration for The Nation. Inside page: Lessons from the 2018 Midterm elections Art director: Robert...
cover
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the nation
Facebook's Reckoning
"Over the past two and a half years, Facebook’s integrity as a place that “helps you connect and share with the people in your life” has been all but laid to waste...
Wired
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editorial
Entertainment Overload
“Audiences have more choices than ever before. For Hollywood, that might not be a good thing.” Client: Wall Street Journal Art director: Kayla Reynolds
wsj
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#GoogleWalkout
Why the Google Walkout Was a Watershed Moment in Tech. Outsiders have little leverage to force the industry to change. The companies’ own workers are another m...
State of the Art
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Google China
Google Tried to Change China. China May End Up Changing Google. Client: New York Times / State of the Art
State of the Art
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What Is Turkey's Game?
"By spotlighting Saudi Arabia as a murderous neighborhood bully, Mr. Erdogan is now in position to rally the Turkish people around a common enemy, the time-tested...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Let's See Some I.D.
"Identity politics may divide us. But ultimately we can’t unite without it." Carlos Lozada reviews eight books that argue over how to balance the individual with t...
cover
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washington post
How Monopolies Hurt Workers
Noncompete and nonpoaching agreements, like the ones McDonald's employees must sign, keep workers locked in place with no leverage to negotiate for better wages or...
Nation
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editorial
Presidential Lying Is Contagious
Donald Trump’s chronic dishonesty threatens to infect his entire administration. Art director: Sarah Williamson Client: New York Times Opinion
#BrettToo?
Why America Needs to Hear Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser. Art director: Sarah Williamson Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
The Internet of Things
"The digitization of just about everything is not just possible but likely, and now is the time to be freaking out about the dangers." Art director: Minh...
State of the Art
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Twitter's Reckoning
"A better test of tech-worker activism would involve a company with a primary product that is being used to inject misinformation and authoritarian speech into...
State of the Art
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Visions of the Future
At the heart of the trade war between the United States and China lies a profound and unsettling question: Who should control the key technologies that will rule...
State of the Art
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Ruthless Food Startup
HelloFresh blew past 100 competitors to become the No. 1 meal-kit company on the planet. The German startup is winning--but not by playing nice. Text by Burt...
Inc
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editorial
The End of Binary Choices
"We’re going from an interconnected world to an interdependent world. In an interdependent world your friends can kill you faster than your enemies. If banks in G...
Op-ed
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New York Times
Cognitive Health
“Whenever we learn something that’s completely novel to us, we form new brain connections.” Client: Consumer Reports Art director: Tammy Hernandez
consumer reports
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editorial
The Death and Life of a Hedge Fund Mansion
The superrich are purchasing historic row houses, combining and transforming them into private McMansions. What will it mean for the future of the...
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series
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finance
Summer Reading Preview
17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer Art director: Ken McFarlin Client: The New York Times
New York Times
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The Trump Show Is Over
Cover and interior illustrations for Politico Magazine's 2018 Media Issue. "Trump, has accelerated the cycle of decreasing influence beyond all reasonable...
cover
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politico
Philosophy Pays Off
Robert E. Rubin: Philosophy Prepared Me for a Career in Finance and Government Art director: Jim Datz Client: New York Times Opinion
Op-ed
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New York Times
Hacked
How Trump Could Rig Our Elections For Years To Come. Cover for Mother Jones, May-June 2018 issue. Interior illustrations are for Cloak and Data, Andy Kroll's...
cover
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Mother Jones
Justice in the Balance
Cover story illustration about Creighton Law alumnus and students seeking to uphold the rule of law and providing defense to Guantanamo detainees. "This is the...
cover
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Creighton
Dating in D.C.
Hyper-partisanship and dating among young professionals. Art Director: Phong Nguyen Client: Washingtonian Magazine
Slower News
For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned. Text by Farhad Manjoo Client: New York Times / State of the Art
A Wealth Of Lies
"Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes." Text by Jonathan Greenberg Art direction: Chris Rukan Client: Washington...
Who Counts?
"The inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 census questionnaire will both lower the response rate of households and threaten the accuracy of the count....
#GlobalShowcase
Cover art for Les Echos Week-End about Instagram as a global showcase, and cash machine, for brands. Client: Les Echos Week-End Art directors: Alice Lagarde and...
Cover
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Les Echos
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Parsing the President
University of Pennsylvania Law Journal assembled six experts from across the political spectrum to critique Trump's agenda. America First; A Tax Plan Masquerading...
Editorial
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Trump
Government Shutdown
Did Two White House Advisers Help Push Trump Toward a Shutdown? Client: The New Yorker
New Yorker
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editorial
Infocalypse Now
"The future will arrive with a slew of slick, easy to use new tools for manipulating perception and falsifying reality, for which new terms have already been...
Buzzfeed
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editorial
Will Inflation Return?
"Largely absent during the economy’s eight-year recovery from the financial crisis, inflation is on track to pick up in 2018—and it might just catch investors off...
editorial
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finance
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cover
The Bitcoin Short
"Bitcoin’s wild price swings have investors wondering how to short the digital currency, as there would be a lot of money to be made in the latest craze in i...
editorial
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finance
Rocket Men
How Trump is increasing the risk of nuclear war. Client: The New Republic
editorial
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politics
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Trump
European Poverty
"From 2007 to 2015, the proportion of Europeans ages 18 to 29 at risk of falling into poverty increased from 19% to 24% […] The share of young people now e...
Barron's
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editorial
Local News Start-Ups
A Crazy Idea for Funding Local News: Charge People for It. Client: New York Times / State of the Art
Pipeline Profits
Energy Transfer Partners could create substantial value for unit holders by cutting its distribution and getting rid of its general partner. Client: Barron's
editorial
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finance
A Brief Consideration of Sycophancy
"Basically, the idea is to identify people you want something from and say nice things to them that you don't mean. But high-caliber sycophancy requires a lighter...
editorial
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washingtonian
The Internet Is Dying
"The internet’s singular power, in its early gold-rush days, was its flexibility. People could imagine a dazzling array of new uses for the network, and as quick as ...
State of the Art
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Twitter's Verification System
"It’s time for Twitter to scrap one of its founding principles: the idea that it is an anything-goes paradise, where anyone who signs up for a voice on its platform ...
State of the Art
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The Unmaker
The Man Who Wants to Unmake the West. Europeans are starting to worry that Steve Bannon has the EU in his crosshairs. Art director: Erin Aulov Client:...
Politico
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editorial
Tax Cuts
"The logic of combining the destruction of health insurance with a tax cut for the rich does make some desperate political sense." Text by Adam Davidson Client:...
New Yorker
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editorial
Russia's Influence Campaign
"One of the more surprising findings about the Russian influence campaign is its political incoherence. The documents released so far suggest that, as in the...
New York Times
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State of the Art
The Watergate Trap
"How can we reconcile the conviction that Donald Trump’s presidency is a singular abomination with the sense that we’ve seen all this play out before?" Text By J. P...
Washington Post
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Good Tech
The Upside of Being Ruled by the Five Tech Giants. Client: New York Times / State of the Art
New York Times
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State of the Art
The Science of Timing
"When is the best time to exercise or do creative work? Research on the science of timing has answers." Client: Wall Street Journal Review
Wall Street Journal
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Cover
Prescription Refills
Are you taking that medication too long? Some drugs should be used on a time-limited basis only. Client: Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports
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Health
Russia Hour
In a DC studio, the US government produces a Russian-language news program. Can such efforts combat Moscow's media operation? Client: Washingtonian Magazine.
editorial
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washingtonian
Walmart in the Amazon Era
How Walmart Found Its Footing in the Amazon Era. "To survive the retail carnage that pushed Sears and Kmart toward irrelevance and dragged down success stories...
AdAge
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series
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Legislative Lemons
"In 27 years, Republicans have passed one popular conservative law and spent most of that time voting against things that clear majorities of Americans wanted. If...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Technology's Tsnunami
What the Tax Bill Fails to Address: Technology’s Tsunami "To those who study how tech is altering society and the economy, the bill looks like the wrong fix for t...
New York Times
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State of the Art
Amazon Gadgets
The Hidden Player Spurring a Wave of Cheap Consumer Devices: Amazon Client: New York Times / State of the Art
State of the Art
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We'll Need Bigger Brains
To avoid a dystopian future fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence, we must move quickly to create technologies that enhance the human brain. Client: Wall...
Wall Street Journal
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Cover
Tech Pushes Deeper
Tech giants create fears of cultural domination. Art director: Minh Uong Client: State of the Art / The New York Times
State of the Art
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Loud Americans
Why are Americans so loud? Part of Les 100 Questions, a special issue marking the 100th issue of Les Echos Week-End. Art director: Alice Lagarde
Kardashian Beauty
Series of illustrations for a longform piece about the Kardashian beauty empire, their business practices, questions of racial identity, and artistic...
Racked
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editorial
Lessons of Leonardo
For a review of Walter Isaacson's biography "Leonardo da Vinci". Client: Wall Street Journal Review
Please Read the Constitution
"When he started his long-shot bid for the White House in 2015, Donald Trump appeared to know as much about the Constitution as you might expect of any real estate...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
The Failing Trump Presidency
"This, in essence, is where we are now: a nation led by a prince of discord who seems divorced from decency and common sense." Client: The New York Times Sunday...
New York Times
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Sunday Review
A Pressure Point for North Korea
Senator Ted Cruz argues that North Korea should be re-listed as a state sponsor of terror. Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Exporting Chaos
"President Trump is rattling the rest of the world, too. Having scared a lot of people last week with his bombast over North Korea, causing jitters about nuclear...
New York Times
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op-ed
Prescription for Care
A start-up offers a novel treatment that uses data to improve health while cutting costs. Client: The New York Times / State of the Art
New York Times
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State of the Art
Billion-Dollar Mistake
"With its obsessive focus on wooing voters who supported Donald Trump, it is neglecting the cornerstone of its coalition and failing to take the steps necessary to...
New York Times
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op-ed
Active Shooter
How to survive a mass shooting. Essay by Kathryn Robinson. Client: Seattle Met Magazine
Seattle Met
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editorial
Origins of OMG
The first known use of OMG was in a 1917 letter from retired British Navy admiral Sir John Fisher, written to Winston Churchill. Client: Wall Street Journal...
Uber's Expendable Work Force
"How Uber's Hard-Charging Corporate Culture Left Employees Drained." Art direction: Ben King Client: BuzzFeed News
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BuzzFeed
Bedroom Fantasies
Bring Fantasy Into Your Sex Life. For Ester Perel's "Dating and Mating" advice column. Client: Cosmopolitan
cosmo
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editorial
What Does Steve Bannon Want?
What does Steve Bannon Want? There are reasons to worry, but they're not the ones everyone is giving. Text by Christopher Caldwell Client: New York Times Sunday...
Sunday Review
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New York Times
Trolling the Press Corps
The White House is calling on young correspondents from far-right Web sites, to the exclusion of established reporters. Text by Andrew Marantz Art director:...
New Yorker
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editorial
Clueless Presidency
"Has there ever been a more cynical surrender of Presidential authority? " Text by John Cassidy Art director: Kara Haupt Client: The New Yorker
New Yorker
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editorial
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Trump
Silicon Valley's Politics
"A politically awakened Silicon Valley, buttressed by the tech industry’s growing economic power, could potentially alter politics long after President Trump has l...
Brand-Focused Activism
"Fighting brands online suddenly feels like the most effective political action many of us can take". Text by Farhad Manjoo Client: State of the Art / The New...
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Instagram's Growth Rate
"Instagram has been growing like crazy essentially since it went live in 2010, and under Facebook — which bought the company for $1 billion five years ago — it has h...
State of the Art
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New York Times
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The Rise of the Useless Class
Historian Yuval Noah Harari makes a bracing prediction: just as mass industrialization created the working class, the AI revolution will create a new unworking...
Ted Ideas
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Gif
Questions for Bond Investors
As interest rates rise, finding the right fixed-income strategy is crucial. Client: The Wall Street Journal
WSJ
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The Art of the Trade-In
How to get the most out of your car trade-in. Art director: Syndi Becker Client: Geico More / Time Inc.
Geico
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gif
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advertising
Trump Vs. The Fed
Will Trump Destroy the Dollar? How a clash with the Fed could destabilize the economy. Text by Sebastian Mallaby Art director: Paul Spella Client: The Atlantic
Atlantic
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editorial
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Trump
Difficult Fiction
1-The Virtues of Difficult Fiction. For text by Joanna Scott in The Nation 2- Bunte Seiten: On the Literary efforts of French government officials. Text by Gero...
The Nation
Tomorrow's Computer
Amazon’s Vision of Computing’s Future: An Information Appliance. Client: The New York Times / State of the Art
Networks Under Threat
The web could soon be fast-tracked for the moneyed few. Prepare to join the queue. Client:Wired UK
Wired
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End of the Digital Native
The different ways in which parents handle their kids’ use of technology are setting the stage for a clash of cultures. Client: Ted Ideas
TED
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Facebook Mirror
Facebook doesn't like what it it sees when it looks in the mirror. Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
U.S.A.I.D. Cuts
Colin Powell speaks out against the Trump administrations proposed cuts to State department and foreign assistance budget. Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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op-ed
The Bias In 'Stand Your Ground'
"The American legal system’s handling of violent self-defense has long favored white, property-owning men. Nonwhite, female, poor or gender-nonconforming people h...
New York Times
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op-ed
Fuel Regulations Help Innovation
"Loosening the fuel-economy rules could remove a primary incentive for big carmakers to catch up with innovative upstarts like Tesla and leave the American car...
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Trump and Wall Street Make a Deal
The promise and peril in the president’s surrounding himself with former bankers. Art director: Paul Spella Client: The Atlantic
The Eastern Shore
For a review of Ward Just's novel The Eastern Shore, about a newspaperman's career-spanning moral and ethical struggle with privacy. Client: New York Times Book...
New York Times
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Book Review
Unsafe Art Spaces
Are High Rents Putting Artists in Danger? Why the deadly fire in Oakland worries the Seattle arts scene.
Seattle Met
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Power Lines
Occupied Territory
The Republican elite struggles over whether to resist Trump or capitulate. Text by Ryan Lizza. Client: The New Yorker Art director: Chris Curry
The New Yorker
Trump Vs. Cops
Trumps war on immigrants threatens to gut police funding. Client: BuzzFeed News Art director: Ben King
BuzzFeed
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Digital Ads Are Easy To Hate
The Online Ad Industry Is Undergoing Self-Reflection. That’s Good News. Client: New York Times / State of the Art
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Boss-o-meter
You don't have to be a jerk to be the boss, but it can help- at least some of the time. Client: Institutional Investor
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editorial
Neurotechnology
A hardware update for the human brain. Art director: April Bell Client: Wall Street Journal / The Future of Everything
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future of everything
Social Networks Against Trump
The Alt-Majority: How Social Networks Empowered Mass Protests Against Trump. Client: The New York Times / State of the Art Art director: Minh Uong
New York Times
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State of the Art
Trump is Inescapable
"The new president doesn’t simply dominate national and political news. During my week of attempted Trump abstinence, I noticed something deeper: He has taken up s...
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Camera Communication
Snap Makes a Bet on the Cultural Supremacy of the Camera. Art director: Minh Uong Client: The New York Times / State of the Art
The Network
Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network, of Course. Client: The New York Times / State of the Art
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Silicon Valley Needs Immigrants
Why Silicon Valley Wouldn't Work Without Immigrants. Text by Farhad Manjou. Client: The New York Times Art director: Minh Uong
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Reality TV in the Trump Era
Trump is our first reality TV president. So how could his victory change reality TV? Client: Washington Post, Arts ans Style Art director: Michael Johnson
Washington Post
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Arts and Style
Make America's Robots Great Again
"Mr. Trump can browbeat manufacturers into staying in America, he can’t force them to hire many people. Instead, companies will most likely invest in lots and lots o...
State of the Art
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New York Times
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We Are Not the World
The old divide between left and right is giving way to a battle between confounded globalists and self-styled patriots. Text by Greg Ip Client: The Wall...
Wall Street Journal
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Dream Cities
Art for a review of Dream Cities by Wade Graham, a book about utopian architecture and its impact on human interaction. Text by Michael J. Lewis. Client: New...
New York Times
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Book Review
How Fake News Fools You
What looks like (and reads like) the truth may be riddled with lies if you look more closely, says neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin. Client: TED Ideas Art...
TED
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editorial
Email Overhaul
"Everything must meet its maker, and for email, that time is nigh." Client: State of the Art / New York Times Art director: Minh Uong
State of the Art
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New York Times
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The Power of Social Media
"The election of Donald J. Trump is perhaps the starkest illustration yet that across the planet, social networks are helping to fundamentally rewire human...
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Wall Street Needs Regulation
"Accidents are inevitable. Wall Street needs — and wants — seatbelts and speed limits." Client: New York Times, Sunday Review Art director: Alexandra Zsi...
Sunday Review
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New York Times
Bannon's Shakespeare
Behold, Steve Bannon’s Hip-Hop Shakespeare Rewrite: ‘Coriolanus’ Client: New York Times Sunday Review Art director: Nathan Huang
Sunday Review
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New York Times
Trump's Promises
Donald Trump's Made-for-TV Promises. Photo by Damon Winter/ The New York Times Client: New York Times Opinion Art director: Sarah Williamson
New York Times
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op-ed
Why Rattle NATO?
Russia Gains When Donald Trump Trashes NATO. Client: New York Times Opinion Art director: Sarah Williamson
New York Times
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op-ed
Cuban Migration Policy
Ending a Misguided Cuban Migration Policy. Client: New York Times Opinion Art director: Sarah Williamson
New York Times
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op-ed
One-Party Government
The Burden of One-Party Government. Text by David Greenberg. Client: Wall Street Journal Review Art director: Keith Webb
Wall Street Journal
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Forever Blue
How the election of a Mercer Island Democrat may spell the end of the GOP on Seattle's Eastside. Text by Josh Feit. Client: Seattle Met Art director: Jane...
Seattle Met
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Power Lines
A Common Language
For Millions of Immigrants, a Common Language: WhatsApp Client: New York Times / State of the Art Art director: Minh Uong
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Snapchat's Revolutionary Network
While We Weren’t Looking, Snapchat Revolutionized Social Networks. Client: State of the Art / New York Times Art director: Minh Uong
State of the Art
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New York Times
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American Radicals
American Radicals and the Change We Could Believe In. Text by Eric Foner Client: The Nation Art director: Robert Best
The Nation
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editorial
Trump's Tweets
Twitter Has the Right to Suspend Donald Trump. But It Shouldn’t. Text by Farhad Manjoo Client: The New York Times Art director: Minh Uong
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Jailing the Poor
"Why I refuse to jail people for just being poor" Op-ed written by Judge Ed Spillane Client: Washington Post Outlook Art Director: Chris Rukan
cover
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Washington post
Stupid or Amazing?
Simply because a new invention is innovative doesn't make it smart. Popular Mechanics reviews the year's most notable "advances" Client: Popular Mechanics Art...
Popular Mechanics
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editorial
Did Republicans Rig the Election?
"The 2016 election was the first presidential contest in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), because the Supreme Court ruled in...
The Nation
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editorial
Leash the Anger
"The greatest country in the history of civilization has become dangerously uncivilized." Leash the Anger, Begin the Healing. Text by Frank Luntz. Client: New...
New York Times
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editorial
Free Fall
Silicon Valley Reels After Trump's Election. Text by Farhad Manjoo. Client: New York Times / State of the Art Art director: Minh Uong
State of the Art
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New York Times
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My President Was African
Barack Obama and the question of cultural identity. "American society's tendency is not to distinguish between ethnicity, nationality, and class in the modern Black...
Village Voice
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editorial
Repealing Obamacare
"President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican leaders may be determined to repeal the Affordable Care Act immediately, but a few more sensible members of the...
Fall Books 2016
Cover art for The Nation's 2016 Fall Books issue. Art director: Robert Best Editor: David Marcus
The Nation
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Books and Arts
Making Crime Pay and Pay and Pay
In Brown County, Texas, a prosecutor blurs the line between a fee and a bribe. Client: Texas Observer Art director: Chad Tomlinson
Texas Observer
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editorial
The One Percent
"We no longer own our nation’s vast productivity, ingenuity and optimism. Those assets have been bought by the elites who are now poised to run not just the U.S. b...
What's a voter like me to do?
Netflix's Echo Chamber
How Netflix Is Deepening Our Cultural Echo Chambers. Client: The New York Times / State of the Art Art director: Minh Uong
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Bad Origami
Zenefits, a Rocket That Fell to Earth, Tries to Launch Again. "Trying to turn around a failing technology company is almost always a futile task...But the...
State of the Art
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New York Times
MailChimp in Un-Silicon Valley
No venture capital, no Bay Area presence, no crazy burn rate: MailChimp’s founders built the company slowly by anticipating customers’ needs and following their ins...
State of the Art
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New York Times
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Romance Scams
This Is What It Feels Like To Be The Victim Of An International Romance Scam. BuzzFeed News spoke to women who fell for men that turned out to be elaborate fake...
BuzzFeed
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The Progressive
What's a voter like me to do? Part two: The Progressive. "Clinton voted for the war. She's a tool of the 1 percent. But Trump must not win, and Stein can't. So...
What's a voter like me to do?
The Republican
"This year's primaries produced a nominee unworthy of my party's noble past and dangerous to its future." Text by Andy Brehm. Part 1/4 for a series of voter...
What's a voter like me to do?
Big Banks and Startups
Suresh Kumar, CIO of BNY Mellon, argues for collaboration between the old guard and scrappy financial-technology companies. Client: Wall Street Journal / The...
editorial
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WSJ
Laissez F'airbnb
Is AirBnb Making Matters Worse For Affordable Housing? Text by Josh Feit. Client: Seattle Met Art director: Jane Sherman
Seattle Met
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Power Lines
How To Stop North Korea
Art for Joel S. Wit's op-ed about North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Art director: Jim Datz Client: New York Times Opinion
To Hell and Back
For a review of Tracey Helton Mitchell's memoir "The Big Fix", about her lifelong struggle with heroin. Client: Cincinnati Magazine Art director: Brittany Dexter
Cincinnati Magazine
How to Build the Political Revolution
How to build the political revolution. For a series of articles about the progressive platform and the 2016 democratic convention. Client: The Nation Art...
The Nation
End Militarism and Occupation
A call for a massive reduction in the US military budget. Written by Phyllis Bennis. Client: The Nation Art director: Robert Best
The Nation
Racism Hurts All Of Us
Racism hurts all of us. Heather McGhee on creating a mulitracial progressive movement, spanning race and class.
The Nation
Ban Fracking
Ban fracking. Josh Fox on climate change Client: The Nation Art director: Robert Best
The Nation
Honest Graft
"Given that girth has long been a measure of ill-gotten gains, perhaps it’s fitting that the Supreme Court is reconsidering the legal scope of official corruption i...
New York Times
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Sunday Review
Stop Gentrification
Don't gentrify East New York. Client: The Nation Art director: Robert Best
The Nation
Munchausen by Internet
“No one who is happy in their lives decides to create 71 fake Facebook profiles and a kid with cancer.” Washington Post report about "Munchausen by Internet", a mod...
Washington Post
China's Twilight Years
"In the years ahead, as China’s Baby Boomers reach retirement age, the country will transition from having a relatively youthful population, and an abundant w...
editorial
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The Atlantic
The Mullahs and Their Missiles
The Mullahs and Their Missiles. New York Times op-ed written by Ted Cruz. Client: New York Times Opinion Page design and art direction by Jim Datz
New York Times
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op-ed
Strings Attached
Strings Attached. Op-ed by Bonnie Blodgett on the corporatization of charity. Client: Minneapolis Star Tribune Art director: Kim Maxwell Vu
op-ed
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Star Tribune
Off Schedule
Employers like Starbucks exploit workers with erratic hours and constantly changing work schedules. "Secure scheduling" is the next big labor battle after the $15...
editorial
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Seattle Met
No Time to Unwind
"Women...have taken on an Atlaslike role in supporting American economic growth." Client: New York Times Business/The Upshot Art director: Minh Uong
New York Times
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business
Vaccination Breakdown
Series of images about the historic breakdown in public trust in vaccination. Client: Politico Europe Art director: Tim Ball
Series
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Politico
Better Living Through Criticism
Illustration for Leon Wieseltier's review of A.O. Scott's book Better Living Through Criticism. March 2016 issue Client: The Atlantic Art director: Zak...
The Atlantic
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Book Review
Campaign Finance
Big-Donor Money Has Not Worked in the 2016 Campaign. Yet. (3/1/16) "No matter who comes out on top on Super Tuesday, this round of presidential primaries has been...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Winnowing Out The Candidates
Winnowing out the candidates (published 2/9/16). About the New Hampshire primaries: "Voters representing less than 1 percent of the American electorate may by...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
$15, not $12
Say yes to a $15 minimum wage (published 2/27/16). Hillary Clinton should join Bernie Sanders in raising the minimum wage to $15, not $12 as she currently...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Don't Privatize Air Traffic Control
Don't Privatize Air Traffic Control. (Published 2/15/16) "Some Republicans in the House have come up with a solution in search of a problem: privatizing air traffic...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Wage Insurance
How wage insurance could ease economic inequality. Client: New York Times Business/The Upshot Art director: Minh Uong
New York Times
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Upshot
Merchants of Doubt
Review of Robert Kenner's documentary film "Merchants of Doubt". Text: Michael O'Sullivan Art director: Emmet Smith Client: Washington Post Style
Washington Post
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film review
The Food Movement Is:
The truth about the food movement. Client: The Washington Post, Food. Art direction & design: Chris Barber
Cover
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Washington Post
Overpasses: A love story
With American transportation in crisis, why are we spending our money on massive new roads? Art director: Heather Barber Client: Politico/The Agenda
Politico
Best Places To Live
Cover art and interior series for Seattle Met's "Best Places To Live" issue. Client: Seattle Met
Cover
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Seattle Met
The Triumph of Content
Netflix has transformed the way television is made- and how we consume it. Art director: Alice Alves Client: Fast Company
Fast Company
Look Who's Back
For a review of Timur Vermes' book "Look Who's Back", a satirical novel about Hitler's return to present-day Berlin. Art director: Nicholas Blechman Client:...
New York Times
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Book Review
Crime and Banishment
On the connection between blighted property and crime. Art director: Kathryn Landis Client: Cincinnati Magazine
Cincinnati Magazine
About Keynes
On the ideas of economist John Maynard Keynes. Art direction: Lesley Becker Client: Boston Globe Ideas
Boston Globe
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Cover
Immigration Strategy
"What happens when young, rule-defying activists take over the Democratic Party's' immigration strategy?" Art director: Robert Best Client: The Nation
The Nation
Bad History
Ben Carson Is Wrong on Guns and the Holocaust. (10/14/15) Client: New York Times Opinion Art director: Nathan Huang
New York Times
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Op-Ed
NYC Wrecking Ball
Governor Cuomo's destructive control over New York City's housing budget. Art Director: Sarah Williamson Client: New York Times Editorial
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Solar G.O.P.
The Conservative Case for Solar Subsidies (1/5/16) Art director: Nathan Huang Client: New York Times, Op-Ed
New York Times
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Op-Ed
The Do-Over
Art for a review of The Do-Over, poetry by Kathleen Ossip. Review by Stephen Burt Art Direction: Nicholas Blechman Client: New York Times Book Review
New York Times
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Book Review
Radical Catholic Economics
How The Pope Is Reviving Radical Catholic Economics. Client: The Nation Art director: Robert Best
The Nation
Evaluating Obamacare
Using data to measure the effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act. Art director: Minh Uong Client: New York Times Business, Upshot
New York Times
Form 1040 (Amended)
Amend the tax code to respond to growing income inequality. Art director: Minh Uong Client: New York Times Business
New York Times
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Business
The New New Boston
Proposals for the city's first new mayor in 20 years. Cover and 8 different interior spots. Art direction and layout: Dan Zedek Client: Boston Globe Ideas
Boston Globe
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Cover
The Future of College
Illustrations for an excerpt from Kevin Carey's book The End of College, about the ways digital learning increases access to education and decreases...
Washington Post
The Innovators
"Genius takes a village", illustration for book reviews of The Innovators by Walter Isaacson and How We Got To Now by Steven Johnson. Art direction and page...
Washington Post
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book review
Spring Books 2016
The Nation's Spring Books Cover, 2016. Art direction: John Palattella and Robert Best
Cover
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The Nation
Spring Books
Cover art for The Nation's 2014 spring books issue. Art directors: John Palattella, Robert Best
The Nation
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Cover
Snowden in Exile
Edward Snowden's extended interview with The Nation, from a hotel room in Moscow."Snowden In Exile" Art director: Robert Best Client: The Nation
The Nation
The Election That Changed Washington
"Only God knows who got more votes." Art director: Samantha Wagner Client: Seattle Weekly
Seattle Weekly
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Cover
Digital Detox
Can sensory deprivation detox the digital life? Cover art. Art director: Robert Best Client: The Nation
Cover
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The Nation
Get Gadgets
Spot illustration about apps & gadgets for your car. Client: Remodeling Magazine
Spot
Primary Care Burnout
Losing patience."A growing number of primary care doctors are burning out. What does that mean for the people they treat?" Art director: Heather Barber Client:...
Washington Post
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Health
China's Social Media Revolution
China's Social Media Revolution. Art director: Annie Chin Client: Scientific American
Scientific American
R.A.F.
"The past was one single catastrophe to the Baader-Meinhof Gang, and acts of violence the only perceived exit". Text by Diego Gambetta. Art direction: John...
The Nation
The First Counter-Revolutionary
Thomas Hobbes and his influence on both right and left wing ideology. Art director: John Palattella Client: The Nation
The Nation
The Lincoln Anthology
For a review of Harold Holzer's "Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy From 1860 to Now." Art director: John Palattella Client: The Nation
The Nation
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Book Review
No Exit
Is the constitution anything more than a vague labyrinth in which any meaning can be found? Art director: John Palattella Client: The Nation
The Nation
The Anti-Iran Lobby
How the Anti-Iran Lobby Dominates Capitol Hill. Art director: Robert Best Client: The Nation
The Nation
Trump's Trade Tantrum
"Less than a week into the job, President Trump on Thursday raised the specter of a trade war with America’s third-largest partner, Mexico, as the White House w...
New York Times
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op-ed
Democracy on Hold
Democracy On Hold In Haiti: "The terms of practically every elected official in the country have expired, allowing Mr. Martelly to rule by decree since January...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Who's Speaking Up For the American Worker?
Op-Ed about the harm done to manufacturing and the middle class as a result of global free-trade agreements. "Who's Speaking up for the American Worker?" Art...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Winter Games, Caucasian Misery
The threat of terror at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Art director: Matt Dorfman Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
To Stop Iran's Bomb
For former ambassador John R. Bolton's Op-Ed arguing for a preemptive strike against Iran. Art director: Matt Dorfman Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
How To Cheat on Taxes in China
How to Cheat on Taxes in China. (9/11/15) Text by George Ding Art director: Matt Dorfman Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
G.O.P Prison Reforms
Republicans outgrow their position on incarceration. Art director: Greg Klee Client: Boston Globe Opinion
Boston Globe
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Op-Ed
The Truth About the Bailout
On a court case about the bailout: "Arguing that the (A.I.G.) shareholders deserved even more is like a formerly starving man’s insisting he deserved filet mignon r...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Busy Doctors, Wasteful Spending
"Racing through patient encounters, we practice with an ever-present fear that we will miss something, hurt someone and open ourselves up to legal (not to mention...
New York Times
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Op-Ed
The Deepwater Horizon Threat
On the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the lack of improved safety standards. Art director: Matt Dorfman Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
How Castro Held the World Hostage
On the anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis: How Castro held the world hostage. Art direction and page design: Matt Dorfman. Client: New York Times Opinion
New York Times
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Op-Ed
Slacker Mentality
Slacker mentality- Workers who prefer low effort, low wage jobs. Art direction: Annie Chin Client: Harvard Business Review
HBR
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business