Harlem Children's Zone
He has written extensively about education, poverty and politics, including cover stories in the "New York Times Magazine" on the Harlem Children's Zone, the post-Katrina school system in New Orleans, the No Child Left Behind Act, and charter schools. He returned to "This American Life" in the early 2000s, where he reported, more recently, on the parents enrolled in the Harlem Children's Zone's Baby College. His writing has appeared in "Slate", "GQ", "Esquire", and "The New Yorker". He lives with his wife and son in Austin, Texas and Montauk, New York.