Recent stories
“Europe’s Far Right Hasn’t Given Up On Trump Yet”: Slate, November 2020
“Inside Germany’s Successful and Broken Integration Experiment”: Foreign Policy, October 2020
“University in Exile”: Slate, October 2020
“How Far Can the Far Right Fall?” The Ballot, October 2020
“This old house: Austria torn over what to do with Hitler’s birthplace”: Politico Europe, September 2020
“In western Germany, a struggling city seeks to move past stereotypes”: Institute of Current World Affairs, September 2020
Reporting on international politics & elections
GERMANY
“Is the World’s Most Powerful Woman Finally a Feminist?”: The New York Times, 2019
“How to Discuss the Far Right Without Empowering It”: The Atlantic, 2018
“Coronavirus Has Paralyzed Europe’s Far Right”: Foreign Policy, 2020
“The Small-Town Disputes That Fuel Germany’s Far Right”: The Atlantic, 2019
“Germany’s far right shows its true strength: Feeding political chaos”: CNN Opinion, 2020
“He Does Not Understand What the Role of An Ambassador Should Be”: Politico Magazine, 2018
“Germany’s Summer of Identity Crisis”: The Atlantic, 2018
“Angela Merkel defended democracy against populism. She also fueled its rise”: NBC News, 2018
“How Far Will Bavaria’s Conservatives Go to Fend Off the Far-Right?”: Foreign Policy, 2018
“Fear and Loathing in the Bundestag”: The Atlantic, 2018
“Will anti-immigration party’s rise pull Germany to the right?”: CBS News, 2016
“Washington Wisdom: SPD Adopts Obama’s Door-to-Door Campaign”: Spiegel Online International, 2013
FRANCE
“Marine Le Pen’s National Front Might Be Starting to Crack”: Foreign Policy, 2017
“Can a French Political Upstart Ride Obama’s Strategy to Victory?”: The Atlantic, 2017
AUSTRIA
“Austria’s Election Shows That the Far Right’s Floor is Rising”: The Atlantic, 2019
“How the Far Right Weaponized Europe’s Interior Ministries to Block Refugees”: The Atlantic, 2019
“Austria’s most iconic tourist down doesn’t miss the tour buses”: Politico Europe, August 2020
“Austrian plan to drop smoking ban ignites opposition to far right”: Politico Europe, 2018
“A New Right-Wing Movement Rises in Austria”: The Atlantic, 2017
SWEDEN
“Swedish far right is on the rise in national elections”: The Los Angeles Times, 2018
“Europe Needs Swedish Social Democracy to Thrive”: The Atlantic, 2018
HUNGARY
“Viktor Orban Has Declared War On Mayors”: Foreign Policy, 2020
“Can Hungary Defeat A Budding Strongman?”: The Atlantic, 2018
“How Hungary’s Far-Right Extremists Became Warm and Fuzzy”: Foreign Policy, 2018
“Die Rechtsextremen könnten Orbans Triumph verhindern“ (Right-wing extremists could hinder Orbán’s triumph): Der Tagesspiegel, 2018
POLAND
“What Poland’s ‘ghost election’ can teach us about pandemic-era democracy”: CNN Opinion, 2020
“An Election in Poland’s Capital Could Shape the Future of Populism”: The Atlantic, 2018
ITALY
“How Italy’s Five-Star Movement Is Winning The Youth Vote”: The Atlantic, 2018
“Matteo Salvini’s Selfie Politics”: Foreign Policy, 2018
“Italiener zuerst” (Italians first): Der Tagesspiegel, 2018
PHILIPPINES
“Duterte vs. God”: Foreign Policy, 2018
“The Sarah Huckabee Sanders of the Philippines”: Politico Magazine, 2018
CAMBODIA
“Cambodia Eviscerates Its Free Press — And the Whole Region Suffers”: The Atlantic, 2018
U.S. political reporting
“In California, Bill Clinton defends his record to protesters”: CBS News, June 7, 2016
“Could strange ballot rules hurt Bernie Sanders’ chances in California?”: CBS News, June 3, 2016
“Donald Trump’s challenge: Being ‘presidential’ while being himself”: CBS News, April 25, 2016
“Bernie Sanders Woos A Skeptical Audience At Liberty University”: National Journal, Sept. 14, 2015
“How Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Is Making Its Play For Native American Support”: National Journal, Aug. 26, 2015
“Clinton’s 2016 Gender Play”: National Journal, Feb. 24, 2015
“When A Clinton Ally Isn’t An Ally At All”: National Journal, Feb. 18, 2015
“This Is Not The Arkansas Mark Pryor Once Knew”: National Journal, Oct. 15, 2014
“Will This New Hampshire District Signal A Wave?”: National Journal, Sept. 29, 2014
“Why is Elizabeth Warren campaigning in red states?”: National Journal/The Atlantic, July 15, 2014
“A war for women’s votes in Pennsylvania governor’s race”: POLITICO, May 4, 2014
“Two governors thrive where GOP struggles”: POLITICO, July 29, 2013
“Pat Toomey’s gun control moment”: POLITICO, April 10, 2013
Magazine writing
“Carly Fiorina: The GOP’s Anti-Hillary”: National Journal Magazine, March 2015
“Close Quarters”: National Journal Magazine, February 2015
“Hillary Clinton’s Top Twitter Fan”: National Journal Magazine, June 2015
“Clinton’s Aides Moonlight As Models”: National Journal Magazine, July 2015
“Very Special Interests”: National Journal Magazine, October 2015
