Of note is her work in the black-bordered special issue on the September 11th attacks, featuring her article titled "If You Want to Humble an Empire", which won a National Magazine Award in 2002. The "Chicago Tribune" named her one of the ten best magazine writers in the country in 2003; her articles are included in the Princeton Anthology of Writing, Best American Crime Writing 2004, Best American Political Writing 2005 and TIME: 85 years of Great Writing.