"Arriba!" About the cultural and political importance of Hispanic radio, as told through one L.A. broadcaster. The New Yorker (October 23, 2006)

"The Lost Year," about the faltering recovery of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The New Yorker (August 21, 2006)

"Consulat D'Influence," a Talk of the Town piece about the French consul in New Orleans, The New Yorker (March 6, 2006)

"The Lottery," about the green-card lottery and one immigrant's ambiguous win. The New Yorker (January 23 & 30, 2006)

"Deluged," about the New Orleans Police Department during Hurricane Katrina. The New Yorker (January 9, 2006)

"North," a Talk of the Town piece about a New Orleans refugee in Billings, Montana. The New Yorker (November 28, 2005)

"Kajun's," a Talk of the Town piece from New Orleans the week after Hurricane Katrina, The New Yorker, (September 19, 2005)

"On the Roof," a Talk of the Town piece from New Orleans, the week of Hurricane Katrina, The New Yorker (September 12, 2005)

"Porch Duty," a Talk of the Town piece from New Orleans the week of Hurricane Katrina, The New Yorker (September 12, 2005)

"Our Man in Medan," about the US diplomat in Medan, Indonesia, and his moment in the limelight after the Asian tsunami. Talk of the Town piece in the New Yorker (March 7, 2005)

"Mission to Sumatra," about the US Marines' relief efforts after the 2004 Asian tsunami. The New Yorker February 7, 2005)

"Do-Gooder," about an ambiguously good man en route to help out after the Asian tsunami. Talk of the Town piece in the New Yorker (January 24 & 31, 2005)

"Battle Lessons," about how junior Army officers in Iraq are using the Internet to teach each other how to fight this war. (The New Yorker, January 17, 2005)

"Two Soldiers," about two soldiers killed in Iraq and how the dead return home. The New Yorker (August 9 &16, 2004)

"Machine Politics," about the problems with electronic voting in Florida and elsewhere. Playboy (September 2004)

"The Price of Valor," about the psychological cost of killing in war and how neither the Army nor the VA has the vocabulary to help veterans (The New Yorker, July 12-19, 2004) This article won Medill School of Journalism's 2004 John Bartlow Martin Award.

"Feeding Our Deepest Fears," about genetically modified crops, Playboy (June 2004)

"The Casualty," about a soldier wounded in Iraq, the New Yorker, (March 8, 2004)

"God and Satan in Bentonville," about the culture of Wal-Mart, Playboy (November 2003)

"Jake Leg," about how the blues diagnosed a mysterious 1930 epidemic. The New Yorker (September 15, 2003)

"Nation Builders for Hire," about Kellogg, Brown & Root in Iraq, New York Times Magazine ( June 22, 2003)

"The Battle of Fort Ord" Los Angeles Times Magazine (April 27, 2003)

"Patriots on the Borderline" about anti-immigrant vigilantes in Arizona, Los Angeles Times Magazine (March 16, 2003)

"This Gun for Hire" about DynCorp (Wired, February 2003)

"America's Berlin Wall" Part One of a three-part series in Rolling Stone, 2002

"Hanging Sheetrock in the Promised Land," Part Two of three-part series in Rolling Stone, 2002

"The Women They Leave Behind," Part Three of three-part series in Rolling Stone, 2002

"The Perfect Commute" about high-tech traffic-control solutions, particularly in Singapore (Wired, November 2001)

"G.M.'s Billion Dollar Bet," about General Motors's revolutionary hydrogen fuel-cell car. (Wired, August 2002)

"Revolution 101: The Ruckus Society," Rolling Stone, 2001

"The Big Gun," about the politics of .50-caliber rifles, Rolling Stone, 2001

"What I Saw at the Gun Show," Rolling Stone, 2000

"The Man Who Took My Job: A NAFTA Journey," Rolling Stone, 2000

"Diablo or Angel?" about Gloria Trevi, Rolling Stone, 2000