Alpha Dog; profile of Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff; Vibe Magazine (PDF)
Bar Codes; piece about tensions between city and state officials on nightlife regulations; New York Magazine
Booked Club; examination of federal indictment of owner and employees of New York nightclub The Sound Factory; New York Magazine
Clear and Present Danger; investigative feature on use and manufacture of drugs GHB and GBL in New York City; New York Magazine
Closing Time?; piece about  "after hours" license proposed by Bloomberg administration; New York Magazine
Club Med; investigation into the use of private ambulance companies by New York nightclubs; New York Magazine
Crack Down; investigative feature about NYPD investigation into Harlem crack cocaine organization The Black Top Gang; New York Magazine
Criminal Treatment, Investigative Feature on the Murder of Federal Prosecutor Jonathan Luna; Men's Vogue
"Crystal Ball," investigative feature about the epidemic of crystal meth use among gay men in New York City; New York Magazine
Death and the City; piece about NOPD's focus on non violent offenders during murder epidemic in New Orleans; The Gambit
Demolition Man; investigative feature about actor Wesley Snipes and his tax troubles; Radar Magazine
Dogs of War: David Simon, Generation Kill and Iraq Films; piece about films on the Iraq war; Mother Jones Magazine
E-Commerce '99; piece about Ecstasy trafficking in New York City and rise of pills dubbed "Mitsubishis"
E-Commerce; cover story about Ecstasy use and Ecstasy trafficking in New York City; New York Magazine
Ecstasy Bandits by Frank Owen with additional reporting by Ethan Brown; investigative feature about Brooklyn street gang, BTS (Brooklyn Terror Squad); Details Magazine (PDF)
El-P: The Producer; profile of lyricist and hip-hop entrepreneur El-P; New York Magazine
Ex Coke Kingpin Turns Up His Nose At Miramax Biopic; interview with former drug kingpin AZ; New York Magazine
Fighting Mad; Q&A with former U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter; New York Magazine
Fort Hood and the PTSD epidemic in the military; the Gambit Weekly
GHBusted; piece about feds' bust of GHB and GBL manufacturers and dealers; New York Magazine
Ghetto-Tech; exploration of "ghetto-tech" scene in Detroit; Details Magazine (PDF)
Godot in the Lower 9th Ward; report on producion of Waiting for Godot staged in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans; The Guardian
Got Beef? cover story about the beginnings of the federal investigation into hip-hop record label Murder Inc; New York Magazine
Griselda Blanco; history of female drug kingpin Griselda Blanco; Maxim (PDF)
Gustav and New Orleans; report on the handling of Hurricane Gustav by the City of New Orleans; The Guardian
High Anxiety; piece about how post 9-11 changes in security at airports have affected drug trafficking; New York Magazine
Lafcadio Hearn and New Orleans' new muckrakers; report on post-Katrina journalism and literature in the style of 19th Century writer Hearn; The Guardian.
Life and Debt; short report on the financial problems of slain RUN DMC DJ Jam Master Jay; New York Magazine
Mo' Money Mo' Problems; investigative feature on Atlanta based cocaine cartel Black Mafia Family; Vibe Magazine (Big PDF)
Murder and Mourning at Mardi Gras; piece about Mardi Gras 2009; The Guardian
The Neptunes; profile of Virginia Beach production duo; GQ (PDF)
New Orleans Murder Rate; examination of high murder rate in New Orleans; The Guardian
New Orleans' epic housing crisis; piece about demolition of housing projects in New Orleans and crisis in affordable housing post Katrina; The Guardian
New York Undercover; piece about undercover narcotics cops in New York nightclubs; New York Magazine
Night Clubbed; piece about 'quality of life' crackdowns on nightclubs by Giuliani administration; New York Magazine
Overcoming the Katrina Myth; piece about Katrina falsehoods; The Guardian
Paradise Lost; rememberance of iconic nightclub the Paradise Garage; New York Magazine
Pay Dirt; piece about freelancer claims of nonpayment by hip-hop magazine The Source
Prince Paul; Oral History of hip-hop producer behind De La Soul, Gravedigga and many other groups; The Source (PDF)
Production Values; profile of producer Rodney Jerkins as he began work on Michael Jackson comeback album; New York Magazine
Professor X; profile of chemist Alexander Shulgin and exploration of scene of amateur chemists who experiment with new psychedelic compounds; Wired Magazine
Puffed Out; short piece about the future of Sean "Diddy" Combs in the music business
Rap Sheet; profile of Antoine Clark, publisher of street crime magazine F.E.D.S.; New York Magazine
Rock Vs. Blow; piece about federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine and powder cocaine; Mother Jones Magazine
Safe to Dance; examination of nightlife policy in New York City; New York Magazine
Soul On Ice; interview with ex Fugees member John Forte Interview who was jailed on drug charges and would later be pardoned by George W. Bush; New York Magazine
Take Back the Night; piece about move toward loosening regulations on New York nightlife; New York Magazine
The Harder They Fall; investigative feature on accountant Gabriele Smith who was involved in the federal money laundering case against Murder Inc; Vibe Magazine (PDF)
The Killing Fields; investigative feature on the murder epidemic in New Orleans; Radar Magazine
The New Mixtape; piece about the popularity of "DVD Magazines" in the hip-hop community; The Village Voice
The Trouble With Ray Nagin; profile of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; Details Magazine (PDF)
The War on Drugs and the Big Easy; piece about drug policy in New Orleans and elsewhere; The Guardian
Timbaland; profile of the hip-hop producer; Entertainment Weekly (PDF)
Troubled Water; investigative feature about the murder-suicide of Zackery Bowen and Addie Hall; Penthouse Magazine (PDF)
Tunnel Vision; report from nightclub The Tunnel on its highly popular hip-hop Sunday nights; New York Magazine
Unmade Man; investigative feature on federal investigation into Miami nightclub owner Chris Paciello
Who Didn't Shoot 50 Cent?; piece about the competing theories regarding the shooting of rapper 50 Cent; The New York Observer