Nonfiction
“The Great Drone Puzzle.” Businessweek. July 25, 2022.
“Songs in the Key of Childhood.” The Believer. March 7, 2022.
“Captain Chainsaw’s Delusion.” The New York Times Sunday Review. October 2, 2020. [Translations: Español, Português - Brasil]
“The Dying American Prisoner.” The Atlantic. December 23, 2019.
“The Bold Plan to Reach Mars.” Men’s Journal. July/August 2019.
“Brazil on the Eve of Authoritarian Rule.” Harper’s. January 2, 2019.
“Letter from Boa Vista, Brazil: Exodus from Venezuela.” Pacific Standard. November 14, 2018.
“The Art of the Fail: How I Coached a 1-17 Junior Varsity Basketball Team.” Men’s Journal. November 2018.
“El pulmón del planeta se está quemando.” The New York Times en Español. September 14, 2018.
"Rivers and Mirrors: World-Building in Nonfiction." The Millions. June 18, 2018.
"After President Maduro's Controversial Re-Election, What's Next for Venezuelans?" Pacific Standard. May 22, 2018
"Stop Enslavement of Venezuelan Refugees in Brazil," The New York Times, May 8, 2018 [Translations: Español, Português - Brasil]
"In the Amazon, a Catastrophic Gold Rush Looms," The New York Times, September 18, 2017 [Translation: Español]
"Brazil Has Become a Gangland," Foreign Policy, June 6, 2017
"Beheadings, Prison Riots, and Graft: How a Cartel War Is Tearing Brazil Apart," Vice News, January 23, 2017 [Translations: Português - Brasil, Português - Portugal, Français, Română.]
"In 2016, Brazil and the U.S. Were Mirror Images of Dysfunction," Washington Post, December 31, 2016
"Below the Beautiful Horizon," Harper's, June 24, 2014 (Notable: Best American Sports Writing 2015)
"Brazil's World Cup Security May Be Coming to Your City," Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2014
"Sheriff Joe's Posse Invades Guadalupe," Salon, February 17, 2013
"Slouching Towards Translation," Los Angeles Review of Books, June 27, 2012
"Asleep at the Roger Clemens Trial," Salon, June 10, 2012 (Notable: Best American Sports Writing 2013)
"Can Soccer Heal Tucson's Wounds?" The Atlantic, February 24, 2012