A huge honor to receive this year’s Dori J. Maynard Justice Award. Thank you @NewsLeaders for recognizing our investigation into the use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence, a 3-year collaboration w/ @typeinvestigate @AndreaDennisEsq @ErikNielson @nytimes 🙏🏽🥹

Amerie turned 10 just two wks before. She loved art. Amerie's mom @kim_amerie shared these pieces for her daughter's mural bc they showed her patience, eye for detail, & protective instincts. She never got to finish her rendition of “Gurl Black Panther.” #AmerieForever

A whole year since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. There’s no “moving on” for @kim_amerie @AngelG0510 whose daughter Amerie Jo Garza was among the 21 victims. Their life is now an endless loop of remembering. My latest for @NYTmag

The toll for all this labor is heavy. In a 2021 @CDCgov survey of ~10,000 family caregivers, 70% of said they experienced anxiety, depression, or suicidal ideation within the previous month.

Today's family caregivers are a lot younger than in past decades, which means they're taking on the familiar financial, emotional and mental burdens at an earlier, less stable stage in life. Many are unpaid and overstretched. Post-pandemic, their numbers appear to have doubled.

I was 32 when my husband + I moved in w. his aging mom after a heart attack. We're part of a big shift: A growing number of Americans in their 30s/40s are taking on intense care for their elders, often while working and raising kids. My latest for @NYTmag

Proud to see that @jaeahjlee is an @ONA finalist for her powerful story "This Rap Song Helped Sentence a 17-Year-Old to Prison for Life" published by @typeinvestigate and @nytimes.

We studied how prosecutors used rap music against 200+ criminal defendants. The majority were Black men. Some only teenagers. Some sentenced to death. I wrote about the insidious practice enabled by murky, wonky evidence rules:

Vicha Ratanapakdee became a symbol of anti-Asian hate almost overnight, of a grief and reckoning that had been building for a year. Yet there were all these unresolved questions surrounding his death. His family is still asking. Cover story for @NYTmag:

Local courts reporters are often the reason we learn about a police shooting, misconduct, or another form of injustice. They're essential, and there are only a few left. I wrote about one of them, @NateGartrell, for @CJR:

Last night was truly magical.✨200 people in the room at @aajasf’s inaugural #HELLAASIAN storytelling event. Our incredible presenters captivated and moved every single one of us. THANK YOU to everyone who came out to be a part of it. We’re still pinching ourselves.

I wrote about the young Asian Americans who, in the 1960s, searched for a new identity in a country where race had been defined in terms of black or white. What they built and the continuing search for As Am identity today:

After her son was shot and killed by police, Gwen Woods entered a world of grieving mothers few could imagine:

Here we go!!

Can science predict which cops are most likely to use excessive force? One dept is trying to find out. My latest:

#DubNation #StephenCurry

Looking forward to the holiday season. Always good to spend time with family you haven't seen throughout the year.