I write the Letter from the Southwest for the New Yorker. You can find all the columns here.

A sampling: The “Antifa” trial; self-defense insurance; the new faces of Christian nationalism; the fight over Texas’s richest and smallest county; the scheme that broke the Texas lottery; barbecue wars; how the far-right reports on the border; the fight for abortion rights in Amarillo; the rancher accused of murdering a migrant; El Paso’s saint of the border; the drag queens taking a stand; Texas’s dying swimming holes; marketing sotol; the enduring panic over cattle mutilations; the gay rodeo circuit; searching for the perfect stone at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show; the estate sale queen of Dallas; barbecue inflation; suburban water wars; Coffeezilla, the YouTuber exposing crypto scams; the outrageous world of Trump merchandise; the staff of Uvalde’s newspaper cover the worst day of their lives; new money and old pickup trucks.

Some other feature stories, essays, and other things I’ve written:

The Mutter Museum reckons with its collection of human remains; how tribal nations are reclaiming Oklahoma; the teen gang that terrorized suburban Phoenix; the booming market in celebrity memorabilia; #vanlife; stolen valor; natural wine; essential oils; the bodies in the cave; TikTok teens; Meow Wolf & the experience economy; Amber Alerts on the Navajo Nation; DIY sperm donors; the real estate investors ruining American cities; the perfect man who wasn’t; sexual assault & ayahuasca tourism; the FBI of the National Park Service; the beach town taken over by Elon Musk; the mass-shooter manifesto; the pick-up artist; fire behavior; living in GoFundMe nation; the biohacker; the cat psychic; “Have you ever thought about killing someone?”; the killer crush. Manson Family tourism; living the good life.