We made an amazing video about Newtown's struggle to figure out what to do with all the letters and art sent to the town.

It is a great vehicle for storytelling, especially for a certain kind of exhaustively reported, painstakingly fact-checked, and beautifully produced narrative.

We've investigated the gun lobby and its political donations and how it spread the Stand Your Ground laws from Florida.

We started out covering income inequality in the magazine [Mother Jones], but that ongoing body of work positioned - and sourced - us well to put both Occupy and the 47 percent in context.

We love the flexibility that print and digital formats give us, and diving deep on a print feature can be one step in a longer project that generates a lot of digital stories.

Vision is an important part of being a good editor, but so is teamwork and grace.

I've seen a big gain in cardio since I went vegetarian and even gained a little more going vegan.

Remember that a good example is the best sermon.

That's what unions do. They can get money, they can get support, they can get manpower.

They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.

Run first,' Shane said. 'Mourn later.' It was the perfect motto for Morganville.

My play is the ultimate expression of my feeling of the twilight of Western civilization.

Morrissey was my Mrs. Garrett, the house mother from the Facts of Life, a soothing adult figure giving me words of wisdom.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

Beginning in 1978, Nike paid coaches to put their shoes on the team.

Use a screwdriver instead of a hammer. Try to untighten the nut with your hand. Utilize the path of least resistance first.