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Cover and interior for School Library Journal, on book bans and censorship.
Facing a coordinated, national public attack "librarians are now at the forefront of a fight for intellectual freedom and the reading lives and representation of all young people."
Art director: Mark Tuchman

Filed under cover, books, editorial

Where Is The Peace?

Where is the Peace? “The world is experiencing the highest level of violence since World War II. In 2022, more than 2 billion people lived in conflict-afflicted a...

editorial, politics, war

Silicon Valley Off The Rails

How Silicon Valley went off the rails. “Even if it were never the intention, tech companies became key players in killing our comity and stymieing our politics, o...

editorial, tech

How to make extra money. Your guide to well-paying side hustles. Cover spots and interior images for Entrepreneur magazine AD and cover design: Paul...

The Rise of American Oligarchy

“American oligarchy offers a twist on the pilfering of the commons that produced Russia’s. It is built on a different kind of resource, not nickel or potash, but you...

editorial, politics, money

Academic Integrity

How do we maintain academic integrity in the age of ChatGPT? Client: Liberal Education Magazine AD: Todd Albertson

editorial, education

Texas's War On Home Rule

HB 2127, the new Texas state GOP sponsored law which strips municipalities of regulatory authority, was intended to target liberal cities. But Plano and other...

editorial, politics

Without the financial support of Qatar, Germany’s most important economic partner in the Middle East, Hamas would not be the terrorist organisation it is t...

"Never Trump" Republicans

When do “Never Trump Republicans” become Democrats for life? Client: New Republic

editorial, Trump

Dark Brandon in the House

At the State of the Union, let's see Dark Brandon in the house. Client: New York Times Opinion AD: Sam Whitney

politics, opinion

Growing Racial Disparities in Voter Turnout. The gap is increasing nationwide, especially in counties that had been subject to federal oversight until the Supreme...

Can A.I. replace your financial advisor? Not Yet. But wait. Client: Wall Street Journal Reports AD: Sheryl Dermawan

editorial, business, money

A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive. Given troves of data about genes and cells, A.I. models have made some surprising discoveries. What could they teach us...

editorial, science, AI

Art for Drexel University’s Exel Magazine about nutritional supplements developed by The Food Lab for cancer patients or the elderly that look and taste like d...

health, editorial

Happy Days Nostalgia

Still feeling the Pull of 'Happy Days' The series is the model of a kind of nostalgia that's as miuch about whet we forget as what we remember. Client: New York...

editorial, arts

Europe's Strategic Impotence

Europe’s Strategic Impotence. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a wake up call, but the continent is still not ready for action. 1) Cover art 2) Europe’s military b...

cover, editorial, politics

Made in America

What Made In America Means For The World Cover art and interior series for Foreign Policy on the rise of protectionism. "The problem with U.S. policy isn’t just t...

cover, economy, politics

The New Arms Race

The New Arms Race. With the war in Ukraine, spending on armaments has increased again. But no one now dares to question the profits of the military...

cover, editorial, politics

New York's Rats Have Already Won

New York's Rats Have Already Won. "I thought having a rat czar would be an easy win for the city. I was wrong." Text by By Xochitl Gonzalez Client: The...

The threat from the illiberal left

Cover art for The Economist The threat of the illiberal left. "Superficially, the illiberal left and classical liberals want many of the same things […] But n...

cover, editorial, politics

Hazardous Ingredients

Potentially hazardous additives in processed foods- such as red dye #3, titanium dioxide and propylparaben, found mostly in baked goods, candy, and soda. Client:...

health, editorial

Recruiting Gen Z

Cover and interior art for the Harvard Business School alumni bulletin. A field guide to recruiting and retaining Gen Z. Managing an intergenerational workplace...

editorial, business

On the psychology of gun ownership: "In order for a gun to feel useful, an individual has to believe two things: that the world is dangerous and that society is...

editorial, guns, politics

Cover art for The Big Break: The Gamblers, Party Animals, and True Believers Trying to Win in Washington While America Loses Its Mind. By Ben Terris Client:...

cover, bookcover, politics

Ho! Ho! Horrible!

This Holiday Season Is Looking Ho! Ho! Horrible! It’s a bad signal for the economy that people aren’t spending money, but good for shoppers seeking discounts. ...

economy, business

The Bubble Economy

"Is the "Bubble Economy" really bursting? Low interest rates aren't as bad as we thought." Client: Barrons

GIF, economy, Barrons

College after Roe

Abortion bans are causing students to radically rethink their college plans: One year after Dobbs, young women across the country weigh their options against a...

editorial, health, women

The Acceleration Issue

Cover art and animation for Brunswick Review’s acceleration issue. *Selected for American Illustration 42

GIF, tech, economy

The Big Waste Many clothing online stores claim to be sustainable. But behind their promises there’s an items return system that feeds unnecessary c...

The NIMBY Capital

Has Austin Become the NIMBY Capital of Texas? A cost-of-living crisis is at hand, and neighborhood groups command an outsized influence on affordable housing...

editorial, housing

Trump's Grip Is Slipping

Trump’s grip on the Republican base is slipping — even among his fans. "More than 150 interviews in pivotal electoral states show the former president maintains a b...

Trump, GOP, politics

Party of Trolls

THE GOP IS JUST OBNOXIOUS It’s why the party keeps losing elections. Text by By David Frum Client: The Atlantic AD: Paul Spella

Trump, politics, GOP

One Year After the Invasion

Russia, One Year After the Invasion of Ukraine "Last winter, my friends in Moscow doubted that Putin would start a war. But now, as one told me, “the country has u...

Russia, war, Ukraine

Together with the wonderful design team at Anyways, I created a series of editorial illustrations for Google Play's evergreen image library to help Google's over...

Anyways, Google, advertising

Earth, Wind, Fire, and Coral

Earth, Wind, Fire, and Coral. The state of our climate- and one way out of the abyss. Cover art for The American Scholar about two essays: Juli Berwald’s “The Cor...

Art for a package of stories about the future of remote work and changing conditions for office workers, digital nomads, and freelancers. Client: Wall Street...

editorial, technology

Cover and interior art for the December issue of The New Republic. America 2050: Will the United States still be one nation? Should it be? AD: Andy Omel Slides:...

cover, editorial, politics

The Originalism Trap

The Originalism Trap Section cover and interior illustrations for an essay by Ruth Marcus. Client: The Washington Post

editorial, cover, collage

Profits and Losses

Art for a story by Nick Fuller Googins, telling of his experience navigating a corrupt medical landscape. “Is there such a thing as non-shitty health insurance? C...

editorial, health

The Power of Trade.

Despite the tensions, business between China and the United States has never gone so well. Thanks also to the pandemic. Client: Internazionale Art direction:...

cover, editorial

5 ways new grads want to reshape work forever. Cover and interior art for Boston Globe Magazine. Art direction: Greg Klee

cover, education, business

After Roe v Wade: The Next Front in the Abortion Fight. Cover art for Harper’s Magazine on the politics of abortion after Roe v. Wade.

cover, editorial, health

Fridays off. Forever

How one company embraced the four-day week and actually made it work. Client: Business Insider AD: Rebecca Zisser

business, editorial

The $44bn Gamble

The $44bn Gamble. Why Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover could fall apart. Cover art for The Guardian Weekly Art direction: Andrew Stocks

cover, tech, social media

Cover art for The Guardian’s series of investigations into the personal enrichment of the royal family and origins of some of their wealth.

Investigative, editorial, cover

Trading with the Enemy

Confronting Russia shows the tension between free trade and freedom. Client: The Economist Art direction: Matt Withers

editorial, politics

Cover and interior for School Library Journal, on book bans and censorship. Facing a coordinated, national public attack "librarians are now at the forefront of a...

cover, books, editorial

Medicare for All

Conceptual hero image about Medicare for All, for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

editorial, video, johnoliver

TikTok Ubiquity

TikTok has achieved the dream of every young platform: unavoidability. Now comes the nightmare. Client: New York Magazine AD: Susanna Hayward

tech, editorial

How Amazon Exported American Working Conditions To Europe. After Amazon workers in Germany began striking, the company expanded eastward, where looser labor laws...

business, editorial

Art for Brunswick Review's Japan issue, about progressive business models. AD: Frank Tagariello

tech, editorial

What Northern Ireland is really fighting for. With the nationalist Sinn Féin party gaining ground on both sides of the border, Irish unity has never been ...

cover, politics, ireland

American Veterans in Ukraine

Should American Veterans go to Ukraine? "To me, there’s a moral clarity to helping defend Ukraine that distinguishes it from many modern conflicts. But that has l...

Policy by Plutocrat

With ‘Stealth Politics,’ Billionaires Make Sure Their Money Talks. What do they actually want? Client: New York Times Magazine AD and page design: Claudia Rub...

editorial, politics

Studying the Effects of Alcohol

Reaching for the bottle is a common response to a crisis. And the pandemic got people drinking — a lot. USC experts looking for solutions to the long-term effects o...

Centrist Critics

"Like Roosevelt, President Biden entered office in a flood of crises. Over the past few weeks, however, centrists in Mr. Biden’s own party have been chiseling away a...

New York Times, editorial

Inside the Facebook Rabbit Hole: A researcher employed by Facebook invented fictitious “test user” accounts in 2019 and 2020, as part of an experiment in studying th...

Clean Networking

If Networking Makes You Feel Dirty, You’re Doing It Wrong. "In one study conducted, the perceived moral contamination of networking clouded people’s perceptions so ...

The Power of Proximity

The Power of Proximity "One of the biggest challenges I face as a White professor teaching mostly White students to recognize and challenge racial oppression is the...

editorial, politics

School Lockdown

Reopening Schools Is Way Harder Than It Should Be So is leaving them closed. Now what do we do? Text by Sarah Darville Client: New York Times, Sunday Review

New York Times, op-ed

Cover art for The Guardian accompanying their Pandora Papers report: "When the rich and powerful stash their money in tax havens, they’re essentially buying s...

cover, editorial, money

A massive leak from one of the world’s biggest private banks, Credit Suisse, has exposed the hidden wealth of clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money l...

Art for a piece about the culture of complicity in police departments and how a lack of accountability allows horrible acts, such as the murder of George Floyd, to...

editorial, police

The Money Issue

The Money Issue: "With every spike and lull of Covid-19 in the past year, the seams of the American economy split apart a little more. The rich — including nearly ...

editorial, money

The Horror Issue

The horror issue: How a century of horror movies reflects our existential fears, the surreal real estate market for ghostly homes, the morbid appeal of botched...

The Everything Shortage

Cover and inside spread for this week's @barrons about global supply chain problems and how companies are running low on everything from soybeans to semi...

Cover, business, economy

A Greener America

"Even as the Trump administration has taken a wrecking ball to the country’s environmental protections, across America environmental leaders are pushing through r...

Why We Can't Have Nice Things

"This is why we can't have nice things...or can we? Designing data-driven products without humans at the center leads to a pernicious cycle of exploiting tech and...

The $14,000 Air Filter

This $14,000 Air Filter Promises to “Kill” COVID. Is It Worth the Price? Client: Texas Monthly AD: Victoria Millner

covid, editorial

Popping the Pandemic

Cover and feature illustrations for the University of Utah Magazine about our collective pandemic anxiety and what the history of vaccines can tell us about the...

cover, COVID, editorial

Bad Polling Data

In an age of hyper-partisanship, adding context to survey data is key to giving audiences the full picture. Client: Nieman Reports AD: Dan Zedek

Is Civil War Coming to America?

Art for the review of “How Civil Wars Start,” by Barbara F. Walter, and “The Next Civil War,” by Stephen Marche. Client: New York Times Book Review Art directi...

books, type, editorial

Healthy Finance

Series of illustrations for Synchrony Bank: 1) The seven-day financial cleanse 2) Financial advice for new citizens 3) How to withdraw from your retirement...

money, editorial, business

Book cover for La Democracia, by Ronald A. Dahl. Art originally commissioned by Republik for an article titled "Wer hat Angst vor der Demokratie?" (Who's afraid...

book cover, politics

Is Williamstown Theatre Festival a professional springboard, or a place that exposes young artists to repeated safety hazards and a toxic work culture? Report by...

Labor of the Mind

On the tenuous position of adjunct faculty and how it negatively affects student learning and endangers academic freedom. "Ironically, institutions of higher...

education, series, cover

Art for Liberal Education magazine about increased faculty retention due to a successful cohort mentoring model at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. "Instead of r...

Cover and inside illustrations for Texas A&M's MAROON magazine, about their matching fundraising efforts. Client: Pentagram Austin Art direction: DJ Stout and...

cover, editorial, money

Personal work / non-commissioned

Series for the Association of American Colleges and Universities, about the role of liberal education in overcoming racism and inequities that have plagued our...

editorial, politics

50,000 security disasters waiting to happen: The problem of America's water supplies and cyberattacks on U.S. water infrastructure. Client: NBC News Art...

Illustration for Greg Sargent's forthcoming book AN UNCIVIL WAR. Design and art direction: Ploy Siripant Client: HarperCollins

book cover, HarperCollins

What is NATO for?

What is NATO for? The war in Ukraine has revived NATO, but the Atlantic alliance does not have a strategic plan. Cover art for Internazionale Magazine Art...

cover, editorial, politics

The Commodities Boom

Two covers (primary cover and interior report display image) about inflation of commodities prices, and how to play it with funds. Client: Barron's Art...

Cover, business, economy

Aggressive Gambits

Has Ron DeSantis Let All the Winning Go to His Head? The Florida governor’s increasingly aggressive gambits make some wonder if he’s headed for a fall. Lede and sp...

GIF, politics, DeSantis

Model Rules of Conduct

Lawyers Enabled Trump’s Worst Abuses "The Model Rules of Professional Conduct bar lawyers from abusing the legal process, and yet for weeks on end a cohort of l...

The Labor Shortage Has Empowered Workers "The labor scarcity we’re experiencing is real. But this is an opportunity, not a crisis. […] Imagine that the U.S. had a m...

Trigger Warning

The Pentagon’s shifting “humans in the loop” thinking when it comes to operating autonomous weapons such as drone and autonomous robots. Client: WIRED

editorial, tech

Missing in Action: Europe's China Plan Caught between Washington and Beijing, European capitals seek a strategy. AD: @timball Client: Politico Europe

politics, money, editorial

Field of Dreams

How do you unite a fractious base and defeat President Trump? No one seems to know, but that isn’t stopping them from giving it a try. Text by Mark L...

NYT Magazine, editorial, series

Happy Entrepreneurs

Are entrepreneurs happier than other people? The short answer is yes,. But it's more complicated than that. Client: Wall Street Journal Art director: Manuel...

cover, business, wsj

Too Many Holocaust Books for Kids

Children’s literature about Jewish experience is obsessively focused on the Holocaust, Marjorie Ingall argues. As a result, kids learn that the worst thing that e...

book review, editorial

Are we really free to choose?

More and more scientists and philosophers are convinced that free will is incompatible with the laws of the universe. An idea that some consider too dangerous to...

cover, editorial

Military Supremacy

America Has No Reason to Be So Powerful "Eighty years ago, the United States made a tragic decision to pursue global supremacy. The project has outlived its...

Double Secession

Why democracies are in crisis Plutocratic populists reduce economic conflicts to questions of belonging. "Democracies today face a double secession. One is that...

editorial, politics

"Lawmakers have sweeping plans to change the foundational covenant between the government and internet platforms. Some experts are cheering, others are wondering if...

Retire on Dividends

Yes, you can retire on dividends. How to build a portfolio that provides a steady stream of income for years. Cover and interior illustrations Client:...

cover, money, finance

War and the Capitol

Why the Capitol Riot Reminded Me of War "I watched the video with my heart in my throat — the rage, the chaos and destruction for the sake of spectacle. It r...

New York Times, op-ed

Eine Woche Hass / A Week of Hate. Animation about the parallel world of alt-tech social media platforms. Client: Republik Magazine Art direction: Nadja...

Transatlantic Food Fight

The transatlantic relationship descends into a food fight. “In the race to reduce the damage that agriculture is wreaking on the climate, the EU and the U.S. are v...

cover, editorial

Trump's New Reality

Former president, private citizen and, perhaps, criminal defendant: Donald Trump’s new reality Essay by George Conway Client: Washington Post Opinion Art d...

editorial, WaPo, Trump

Art for the book review of Maggie Haberman’s CONFIDENCE MAN. Client: Washington Post *Selected for American Illustration 42

trump, collage, editorial

This Year Will Be Great. Really.

Optimism despite a historically terrible past year, the conditions facing brick and mortar business locations, and how digital continues to revolutionize mundane...

business, editorial

Electric Everything

We’re not ready for the Electrification of Everything "Instead of having fuels like natural gas or oil or gasoline flow directly into our homes, offices, m...

editorial, tech

News and Democracy

"What if the deadliest pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918 forces local news onto a new and more hopeful path while reawakening readers and viewers to its...

Tech Regulations

States are no longer content to sit on the sidelines of setting the rules for the internet. Virginia, Florida, Arkansas and Maryland are among dozens of states...

The Truth about Fake News Those on the ideological fringes spread most of it, but in the end it hurts us all. Page design by Michaela Lehman Client: Coloradan...

Cover art for the Nov/Dec issue of Mother Jones. Art direction: Adam Vieyra

cover, mother jones

Political Zuckerberg

How Mark Zuckerberg Learned Politics Facebook’s chief, once uninterested, has transformed himself into an active political operator in the Trump era. Client: W...

Walmart Makeover

Environmental, social, and governance responsibility has long seemed anathema to Walmart. But the company is quietly making changes and investors are taking...

IPO Market Parties Like It’s 1999 Even in the midst of a recession, investors are pouring money into newly public companies at levels on par with the dot-com e...

Mass Shooter Data

"There is no single profile of a mass shooter. Our data show there are five types." Art director: Steven Banks Client: LA Times Opinion

Editorial, LA Times

The United States is virtually the only developed nation without a comprehensive consumer data protection law and an independent agency to enforce it. Text by...

New York Times, op-ed

Naturalization Test

"The Trump administration has left almost no part of the immigration system untouched. It made changes large and small, from thundering bans of entire nationalities...

The Big Tech Extortion Racket How Google, Amazon, and Facebook control our lives. Report by Barry C. Lynn. Client: Harper's Magazine

harpers, tech, editorial

Future of the G.O.P.

Win or lose, Trump will hold power over the G.O.P Text by Ross Douthat Client: New York Times Sunday Review

Trump, editorial

Post-Brexit Trade Tensions

Britain Goes Global UK struggles to find its place due to Post-Brexit trade tensions with China and the US Client: Politico Europe

editorial, politics

From Boom To Bloodbath

The Permian Basin’s shale revolution is over and renewable energy is surging. What does that mean for Texas’ future? Text by Justin Miller Client: Texas Obs...

editorial, texas observer

The New World Disorder

Special report series about problems facing the United Nations. Global leadership is missing in action Seventy-five years ago the world’s leaders designed the p...

editorial, The Economist

Facebook Privacy

Mark Zuckerberg leveraged Facebook user data to fight rivals and help friends, leaked documents show. Facebook’s leaders seriously discussed selling access to user ...

facebook, editorial, tech

A Season of Change

Washington’s NFL team to retire Redskins name, following sponsor pressure and calls for change Client: Washington Post

sports, editorial

American Wealth Gap

Why the Widening Wealth Gap Is Bad News for Everyone "The one-two punch of the worst health crisis and economic downturn in decades has brought to the fore an...

editorial, business

Amazon's Virus Response

Gaps in Amazon’s Response as Virus Spreads to More Than 50 Warehouses Shifting sick-leave policy and communication issues are causing employees to assert t...

editorial, tech

You Can Save One Person or Five. But Not All Six. Hospitals are having to ration essential care. Can they do it fairly? Client: New York Times Opinion

New York Times, op-ed

Global Medical Supply

This Is Not the Time to Let the Market Decide When it comes to crucial medical supplies, cooperation, not competition, will save lives. History shows that it...

New York Times, op-ed

Criminal justice reformers are rethinking the crusade against cash bail. "The Brooklyn Community Bail Fund became so deeply incorporated into the bail system,...

editorial, New Republic

Who's Afraid of Democracy?

"The future belongs to Populism, Authoritarianism, and the parallel control worlds of social media. Is it a crisis of Democracy, or just hysteria?" Client:...

The global coronavirus pandemic is forcing corporate bosses to make critical decisions about their workers without knowing what might happen next Client: Wall...

editorial, coronavirus

Grievance Party

Breaking the Grip of White Grievance “It’s useful to revisit just how the Republican Party painted itself into a white corner. It was a gradual transformation […] I...

New Republic, GOP

Your Doctor Is An Algorithm

Series about the future of healthcare and how artificial intelligence and other technological advances are impacting care. Topics include: climate change as health...

editorial, tech

Digital Frankenstein

Creating fake identities using stolen social security numbers and hacked bank and credit card account data. Client: AARP Magazine

editorial, tech

Containing COVID-19

The human and financial costs of the COVID-19 virus, and the untested sources of these infections. Fortune Magazine, March 2020 issue. Art direction: Leah...

Fortune, editorial, virus

Brennan Center for Justice

Illustrations for The Brennan Center for Justice, about varied topics including election security and voter rights. Find out more at BrennanCenter.org

editorial, elections

Publishing's Reckoning

Controversy over "American Dirt" has rocked an entire industry. Text by David Canfield Client: Entertainment Weekly Art director: Chuck Kerr

book review, editorial

Silicon Valley Stoics

Why Silicon Valley Fell in Love With an Ancient Philosophy of Austerity In the most indulgent and self-satisfied place in America, Stoicism is all the...

mother jones, tech

Amazon's Supply

What if the Everything Store can’t stock everything? With its reliance on Chinese manufacturing, Amazon is turning into a case study of how a giant retailer g...

New York Times, Technology

Immigration Crimes

"I had become a full professor and a best-selling author. Weeks later, Denmark charged me with violating my work and residence permit." Text by Brooke...

New York Times, op-ed

Taking Down Steve King

Is This the Year Democrats Finally Take Down Steve King? "There’s no small irony in King’s demise: His career is sliding off the rails just as the noxious ideas tha...

politics, editorial

Bernie Angry. Bernie Smash!

"Hulk smash. But optimism and hope smash too. Why should we not be happy warriors, even as we prepare to battle our archnemesis?" Text by Jennifer Finney...

New York Times, op-ed

Impeachment Hearings

Impeachment hearings play big on TV, less so with viewers "The three major broadcast networks and their counterparts on cable news aired wall-to-wall live...

NBC, editorial, GIF

Unicorns Stumble

Silicon Valley Is Trying Out a New Mantra: Make a Profit. Text by Erin Griffith Art director: Molly bedford Client: New York Times Business

New York Times, Technology

Life Under The Algorithm

How a relentless speedup is reshaping the working class. Art director: Siung Tjia Client: The New Republic

gif, editorial, new republic

Impeachment Spin

Democrats' Trump impeachment hysteria in the past will help Republicans ignore Ukraine now. Text by Noah Rothman Art direction: Kara Haupt Client: NBC News

As ‘Moscow Mitch’ Rings in His Ears, McConnell Backs Election Security Text: New York Times Editorial board Art director: Sarah Williamson Client: New York Tim...

New York Times, op-ed

China's Soft Power

How China gets American companies to parrot its propaganda Text by Isaac Stone fish Art director: Lizzie Hart Client: Washington Post Outlook

Washington Post, business

Roadside Assistance

With a presidential election looming, convenience stores face troubles and opportunities both familiar and new. Art director: Nico Heins Client: CSP Magazine

gif, csp, advertising

We need a bar exam for politicians

"Politicians should be licensed [...] We license lawyers, doctors, teachers, accountants, plumbers, real estate brokers, marriage counselors, dental hygienists,...

Public Housing Pogrom

HUD Is Planning a Bureaucratic Pogrom Against Public Housing Tenants. Under proposed new rules, if a single member of a family is undocumented, the entire family...

The Nation, editorial

Regenerative Agriculture

Can regenerative agriculture reverse climate change? Big Food is banking on it. Text by Gosia Wozniacka Art director: Kara Haupt Client: NBC News

What Smoking Does To Your Body

Series of images about the not-so-hidden dangers of tobacco, what smoking does to your body, and how to break the habit. Client: Change Incorporated / VICE Art...

series, editorial, vice

Cover and interior illustrations for GQ inc. Italia’s Summer issue about "Connections". Client: GQ Italia Art director: Federigo Gabellieri

cover, editorial, GQ

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