"What's the son of an Amish-Mennonite reverend doing in Kenilworth Courts?  Going after kiddie car thieves."

Cover story I wrote for the Nov. 17, 2006 edition of the Washington City Paper, DC's alternative weekly.  Lots of street-level action of my activism combating the spike in stolen auto joyriding in Kenilworth 2003 - 2006, with parallels to my father's experience in Kenilworth.

Growing up in the urban black culture of Kenilworth, my siblings and I looked like rural Amish Mennonites but didn't always talk that way.

Some thoughts on writing as work, and the attitude toward work passed down to me by my father (a preacher) and grandfather (a farmer).  Published in Divided City , spring 2006.

A water leak from an underground pipe running through a Kenilworth meadow grows an unexpected delight.  Published in The Washington Post, October 27, 2005.

Examining the the urban 'hood culture's fascination with catastrophe.  Published in The Washington Post, February 12, 2004.

A letter to the editor about a surge in juvenile auto theft and joy riding in DC neighborhoods.  Published in The Washington Post, February 8, 2004.