Here are some samples of my work. Most are presented as plain text, but some are in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat to view the PDFs; if you don't have this software, click here to download it for free.
Criminal Justice The Cruelest Prison Is "supermaximum" Pelican Bay State Prison a breeding ground for insanity? Los Angeles Times Magazine The Ultimate Forgiveness What motivates people who befriend the murderer of someone they loved? Los Angeles Times Magazine The Father of Lethal Injection He wanted to make capital punishment kinder. Instead, he believes, he made it easier. Mother Jones Burned A brilliant but troubled CalTech student may have been convicted of a crime he didn't commit. Los Angeles Times Magazine Debt to Society: The Real Price of Prisons MotherJones.com (This link takes you to the website of a six month investigative project which I edited and produced. I also wrote one of the articles it includes: How We Got to Two Million.) Boyz on the Rez American Indian gangs. The New Republic Pensioners or Prisoners? A new niche market: private prisons for the elderly. The Nation Lucky To Be Alive How dozens of men and women were exonerated from death row. Maclean's Look for the Prison Label American companies are tapping a new labor force - convicts. The Village Voice       Contact me: vincelb@sbcglobal.net		Other A Paper Trail of Tears How casino-rich tribes are dealing members out. Harper's Baghdad, USA Roadside bombs. Hostile insurgents. 1,200 extras in Arab dress. Welcome to Louisiana and the Army camp known as the Box, where the violence is fake but the fear is for real. Wired The New Executive Class Forget overpaid CEOs. Even third-tier execs in American companies are getting enormous salaries--as wages and benefits for many workers stagnate or fall. Los Angeles Times Magazine Magical Mystery Tour American drug and alcohol addicts are going abroad in search of a psychedelic treatment that is banned in the US. Los Angeles Times Magazine Harvest of Pain The long, hard journey from Central Valley seed to caesar salad. LA Weekly How the Rabbi Got AIDS A secretly gay and HIV-positive Orthodox rabbi speaks. The Village Voice Farrakhan Talks to the Jews An exclusive interview with the Nation of Islam leader. The Jerusalem Report Lost Vegas Before there was the Strip, there was Fremont Street. Los Angeles Times Magazine The Next Bosnia? Macedonia on the brink. Maclean's Let's Make a Deal Cuba tentatively opens up to capitalism. Maclean's When Duty Calls Young Turks are dodging the draft in record numbers. The Jerusalem Report