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Freed, but Scarred

Freed, but Scarred

When he is feeling overwhelmed, Fernando Bermudez lies down in his son’s bedroom. After spending eighteen years in prison for a murder he did not commit, he finds the confined space soothing. For exonerated prisoners like Bermudez, the struggle to rebuild their lives goes on, long after the reporters and cameras are gone.
Playing the Streets

Playing the Streets

Big John plays chess for a three-dollar donation. C bets customers five bucks they can’t beat him. John plays days. C works the chessboard until 5 a.m. John has a family, an apartment, a job. C hustles to survive. These are New York’s street players.
Yellow River Journalism

Yellow River Journalism

A quest for truth in Lanzhou, China.
Haiti, Before the Ground Shook

Haiti, Before the Ground Shook

On clichés, coping, and catharsis.
Sentenced

Sentenced

Eight days’ hard labor on a medical marijuana farm.
Spotlighting the Neighborhood

Spotlighting the Neighborhood

On the ground with a New Yorker during the UN General Assembly.

Albion, New York

Portrait of a prison town.
Burning Man Lights a Fire

Burning Man Lights a Fire

BEST OF IN THE FRAY 2003. The Nevada desert art event doesn’t just produce art, it produces citizens.