Author – The Durango Herald

Many voters still in disbelief

On the morning 19 months ago when Donald Trump descended the escalator in his glitzy Manhattan tower, waving to onlookers who lined the rails, many Americans knew little about him beyond tha...

DATE: Jan 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump isn’t first to claim fraud

But most presidential losers have respectfully conceded their loss

DATE: Oct 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rahami called ‘friendly,’ but he changed after Afghan visit

To neighbors and customers of his family’s storefront chicken takeout, Ahmad Khan Rahami was a friendly, quiet presence behind the counter who liked talking about cars and was generous with ...

DATE: Sep 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Divided America: Bridging the gap between police and the policed

NEW YORK – On an unusually cool night for summer, Mike Perry and his crew thread the sidewalks running through Staten Island’s Stapleton Houses, tracked by police cameras bolted to the apart...

DATE: Jul 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Doubts chip away at nation’s most trusted agencies

But not an issue in the long run

DATE: Nov 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jails struggle with mentally ill

High booking, release rates exacerbating the problem

DATE: Jul 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Is our love affair with cars running on fumes?

Classic Americana not enough to keep us on highways

DATE: May 31, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More people renouncing U.S. citizenship

Inside the long-awaited package, six pages of government paperwork dryly affirmed Carol Tapanila’s anxious request. But when Tapanila slipped the contents from the brown envelope, she saw th...

DATE: Apr 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Do you admire the rich? Perhaps despise them?

Americans grappling with income inequality

DATE: Feb 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A year after Newtown mass shooting, rift over guns deepens

In the moment, Newtown’s children became our own. Staring at photographs of their freckled faces, hair tucked into barrettes and baseball caps, a country divided by politics, geog...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Don’t want mug shot online?

After more than seven years and a move 2,800 miles across the country, Christopher Jones thought he’d left behind reminders of the arrest that capped a bitter break-up. That was, until he se...

DATE: Jun 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Privacy? Security? What do we want?

It’s time to choose how much surveillance is OK

DATE: Jun 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World