A day at Emerald Downs horse racetrack, for Crosscut
September 2, 2023

Fans cheer as thoroughbred horses Blowing Bayou (center) and American Royalty (left) race toward the finish line during a race at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Neither of the horses placed in the top three.
A person holds the race program filled with information about horses racing throughout the day at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023.

For Crosscut, I spent a day at the races at the Emerald Downs horse racetrack in Auburn, Washington. The story was about how the track had received $1.1 million in pandemic aid from the federal government. I always love a freeform assignment like this, finding moments as they happen. It was such a pleasure to wander around the stands and behind the scenes in the stables. 

Thanks to Genna for the call on this, my first assignment for Crosscut!

Jockey Alex V. Anaya rides quarterhorse Fast Movin Freight in the ring paddock prior to the second race of the day at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Fast Movin Freight came in second in the 440-yard race, which had a $57,031 purse.
Rafael Orozco, 15, (right) holds niece Natalie Rosales, 2, both of Hermiston, Oregon, while watching a race at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. The two are related to a horse trainer whose horses were racing later in the day.
Jorge Rosales, of Enumclaw, Wash., pets thoroughbred horse Orczy, which is one of the 36 horses Rosales works with as a trainer in the stables at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Rosales said he grew up around horseracing and started working behind the scenes cleaning stables before working up to being a horse groom and eventually a trainer.
Horseracing-themed pins adorn the outfit of track bugler Dan Harrington as he prepares to play music to signify that the sixth race of the day will be starting soon at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Harrington says this is his 27th year bugling at Emerald Downs. He plays music before each race to signify that races will soon be starting.
Thoroughbred horses Blazen Grazen (left) and Peter Flies run toward the finish line during a race at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Blazen Grazen, with jockey Alex M. Cruz, pulled ahead of Peter Flies to win the race, which had a $16,500 purse.
The starting gate stands empty between races at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023.
Jill Dugger (left) and fiancé Lance Knaevelsrud, of Bellevue, Wash., look at the racing program between races at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Dugger, who is a rodeo barrel racer, says, "This is our first time [coming to a race] this year." She says she looks statistics and bloodlines of the horses to inform her bets.
Ciara Lozier (center left), of Tacoma, Wash., sister Harli Lozier (center right, with sunglasses), of Burien, Wash., and family friend Al Lofton (right, with cowboy hat), of Bellevue, Wash., watch as horses cross the finish line during a race at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Asked why they came to the races this day, Ciara Lozier said, "It's something to do. It's been seven years since I've been to the races."
Jorge Rosales, of Enumclaw, Wash., is a horse trainer who works with 36 horses in the stables at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. Rosales said he grew up around horseracing and started working behind the scenes cleaning stables before working up to being a horse groom and eventually a trainer.
A horse exercises with an automated hot walker or horse walker in the stable area behind the scenes at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023.
A sign reads "Slow / Horse X-ing" along a road in the stable area of the Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023.
Thoroughbred horse Fantastic Day (right), with jockey Carlos Montalvo, leads the pack across the finish line (center) after starting the race approximately 10 lengths in the rear at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA, on Sun., Aug. 20, 2023. The horse is one of 36 trained by Jorge Rosales of Enumclaw, Wash. The purse for this six-furlong race was $21,000.

Food in the Yakima Valley, for the Los Angeles Times
August 15, 2023

UNION GAP, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Asparagus and pepperjack cheese tamales are a seasonal specialty of Los Hernández Tamales in Union Gap, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. In 2018, Los Hernández Tamales was given a James Beard America's Classics award. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)
UNION GAP, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Owners Felipe Hernández opened Los Hernández Tamales in 1990; he is seen here in the restaurant in Union Gap, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. In 2018, Los Hernández Tamales was given a James Beard America's Classics award. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)

For the Los Angeles Times, I spent an afternoon photographing tamales and food trucks around the Yakima Valley (“The Palm Springs of Washington”) for a story about the musical phenoms Yahritza y Su Esencia, who are from the region. The band had recently been on tour in Mexico and said they liked the food in their hometown of Yakima, Washington, better than the food in Mexico City. The band issued an apology, but it made people curious about what the food is like in Yakima. 

As it happens, I’ve been to Los Hernandez Tamales before, and let me tell you, the tamales are worth seeking out….

Thanks to Rachel and Raul for the call on this, my first assignment for the Los Angeles Times!

UNION GAP, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Sisters Nora (left) and Perla Madrigal work at Los Hern‡ndez Tamales in Union Gap, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. In 2018, Los Hern‡ndez Tamales was given a James Beard America's Classics award. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)
Customers eat tamales inside Los Hernández Tamales in Union Gap, United States of America, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. In 2018, Los Hernández Tamales was given a James Beard America's Classics award.
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: A sign reads "Welcome to Yakima, the Palm Springs of WA" near Interstate 82 in Yakima, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Fiesta Foods is a grocery store specializing in Hispanic foods in Yakima, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: A taco plate with, from left, chicharrón, birria, and pastor meat, is seen on a table outside the Taqueria Don Chepes truck in a laundromat parking lot in Yakima, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Employee Yaxel Brambila takes a customer's lunch order at the Taqueria Don Chepes truck in Yakima, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)
UNION GAP, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: A customer holds a dozen frozen nopales (cactus) and cheese tamales inside Los Hernández Tamales in Union Gap, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. In 2018, Los Hernández Tamales was given a James Beard America's Classics award. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 18: Mount Adams stands above Yakima, WA, on Fri., Aug. 18, 2023. (M. Scott Brauer / Los Angeles Times)

Recent assignment work
June 15, 2023

Novelist RF Kuang, for The Guardian

Novelist R. F. Kuang poses for a portrait in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.
Novelist R. F. Kuang poses for a portrait in the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.
Novelist R. F. Kuang is seen near the Main Staircase of Boston Public Library in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.
Novelist R. F. Kuang is seen outside Boston Public Library in Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.
Novelist R. F. Kuang is seen near the Main Staircase of Boston Public Library in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Kuang is the author of, most recently, "Yellowface," which she calls a "psychological thriller and satire about the publishing industry," published in May 2023. "Yellowface" is Kuang's fifth novel.

Classified document leak in Dighton, Mass., for the Wall Street Journal

Law enforcement including Dighton Police block traffic on Maple Street in Dighton, Mass., USA, where it is believed that Jack Teixeira lives. Teixeira is a member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and it is alleged Teixeira leaked classified military documents relating to Russia's war in Ukraine.
News reporters are seen in woods on Maple Street in Dighton, Mass., USA, on Thu., April 13, 2023, near where it is believed that Jack Teixeira lives. Teixeira is a member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and it is alleged Teixeira leaked classified military documents relating to Russia's war in Ukraine.
Tyler Ellinwood, 23, (white hoodie) and brother Hayden Ellinwood, 19, speak to the press on Maple Street in Dighton, Mass., USA, on Thu., April 13, 2023, near where it is believed that Jack Teixeira lives. Teixeira is a member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and it is alleged Teixeira leaked classified military documents relating to Russia's war in Ukraine. Tyler Ellinwood said he couldn't return to his home due to the police road block and said he was 2 years ahead of Teixeira at Dighton-Rehoboth High School and knew of Teixeira, though wasn't a close friend.
Dennis Dutre (gray shirt), of Mansfield, and Pete Lemieux, of Taunton, sat at the bar in 1712 Restaurant and Bar in downtown Dighton, Mass., USA, on Thu., April 13, 2023. The pair have known each other since 1st grade in Dighton. "First of all [the arrest] surprised the hell out of me. This is like a little backwater town," said Lemieux, of the news of Jack Teixeira's arrest. Dighton is believed to be where Jack Teixeira lived. Teixeira is a member of the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and it is alleged Teixeira leaked classified military documents relating to Russia's war in Ukraine. The TVs in the bar were playing a Boston Bruins hockey game, though a few patrons were talking about Teixeira's arrest.

Vineyward Wind station and cable route installation on Cape Cod, for Bloomberg

Workers install steel shoring to further excavate a trench where submarine cables come onshore for the Vineyard Wind Project at Covell’s Beach in Barnstable, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Vineyard Wind is currently building the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project over 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
An onshore substation under construction at the Vineyard Wind project in Hyannis, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Vineyard Wind is currently building the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project over 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Workers splice copper cables while building the grounding grid at an onshore substation at the Vineyard Wind project in Hyannis, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Vineyard Wind is currently building the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project over 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Workers install steel shoring to further excavate a trench where submarine cables come onshore for the Vineyard Wind Project at Covell’s Beach in Barnstable, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Vineyard Wind is currently building the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project over 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Workers splice copper cables while building the grounding grid at an onshore substation at the Vineyard Wind project in Hyannis, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Vineyard Wind is currently building the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project over 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Workers install steel shoring to further excavate a trench where submarine cables come onshore for the Vineyard Wind Project at Covell’s Beach in Barnstable, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Vineyard Wind is currently building the nation's first utility-scale offshore wind energy project over 15 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg

Barbara Lynch restaurant employees allege abuse, for the New York Times

Sara Hatanaka is a general manager of an upscale restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, , seen here on Mon., April 17, 2023. Hatanaka was general manager of No. 9 Park and regional manager at The Butcher Shop and B&G Oysters, both operated by Barbara Lynch.
Tim Dearing worked on menu development at Drink, Sportello, and Menton, three Boston restaurants operated by Barbara Lynch, until he was fired a month ago by Lynch in front of 30 coworkers, seen here near his home in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., April 17, 2023. "I worked for 3 years for that crazy lady," Dearing said.
Sara Hatanaka is a general manager of an upscale restaurant on Newbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, , seen here on Mon., April 17, 2023. Hatanaka was general manager of No. 9 Park and regional manager at The Butcher Shop and B&G Oysters, both operated by Barbara Lynch.
Tim Dearing worked on menu development at Drink, Sportello, and Menton, three Boston restaurants operated by Barbara Lynch, until he was fired a month ago by Lynch in front of 30 coworkers, seen here near his home in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., April 17, 2023. "I worked for 3 years for that crazy lady," Dearing said.

Form Energy's Iron-Air Battery, for Bloomberg Businessweek

Full-scale iron-air batteries stand in the full-scale battery testing area of the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Each orange enclosure holds one iron-air battery, the tall piece between orange walls enclosed in white, low-cost commodity plastic similar to what milk jugs are made of. A typical power plant built using these batteries would have tens of thousands of these batteries, according to Form Energy co-founder and CTO Billy Woodford. The batteries work by rusting and derusting an iron electrode inside the battery. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.
Billy Woodford, co-founder and CTO of Form Energy, is seen in the full-scale battery testing area in the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.
A full-scale iron electrode lays on a rack before quality control analysis in the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Iron-air batteries work by pairing an air electrode with an iron electrode and rusting and derusting the iron electrodes. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.
Sub-scale iron-air batteries stand in a testing incubator in the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Each plastic container is a single miniature iron-air battery. The testing process in these incubators looks at the performance of different iron materials, duty cycles when the battery is charged and discharged, and performance of the battery at different temperatures. Once a battery configuration shows good performance in this testing environment, it is recreated at larger scale for further testing. The batteries work by rusting and derusting an iron electrode inside the battery. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.
A worker analyzes a full-scale iron electrode after a process trial in the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Iron-air batteries work by pairing an air electrode with an iron electrode and rusting and derusting the iron electrodes. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.
Full-scale iron-air batteries stand in the full-scale battery testing area of the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. Each orange enclosure holds one iron-air battery, the tall piece between orange walls enclosed in white, low-cost commodity plastic similar to what milk jugs are made of. A typical power plant built using these batteries would have tens of thousands of these batteries, according to Form Energy co-founder and CTO Billy Woodford. The batteries work by rusting and derusting an iron electrode inside the battery. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.
Sub-scale iron electrodes lay on a workbench before testing in the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. These components will be used for sub-scale testing different battery configurations. Iron-air batteries work by pairing an air electrode with an iron electrode and rusting and derusting the iron electrodes. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.
Pellets of "Direct Reduced Iron" are seen in the Form Energy lab in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, on Tue., March 21, 2023. This porous form of iron is the lowest cost form of metallic iron available and is used to create the iron electrode in Form Energy's iron-air batteries. Among the benefits of Form Energy's technology is that it is produced with low-cost and safe materials compared to other types of batteries. According to its website, Form Energy is an "energy storage technology and manufacturing company." The company has developed an iron-air battery that stores energy for 100 hours and is aimed at replacing traditional powerplants by storing energy generated from renewable energy sources such as wind or solar. In this lab, the company develops and tests sub-scale and full-scale iron-air batteries. Other facilities operated by the company elsewhere in the US handle more full-scale production and testing of the batteries.

Bulgarian folk dancers gather in Sofia for the International Day of Dance
May 20, 2023

While in Sofia, Bulgaria last month, I had the phenomenal luck to run into a gathering of hundreds of folk dancers from around the country gathered outside the National Palace of Culture (NDK) one morning. The participants were dressed in costumes from different regions around Bulgaria and were performing at NDK that night for the International Day of Dance. They were taking some promotional group photos that morning, including some with a drone. 

Uber/Lyft driver labor rally for Bloomberg
April 15, 2023

Uber and Lyft driver Ehab Hilali (46, six years driving) uses a bullhorn to speak to the crowd as Uber and Lyft drivers enter a local Uber Greenlight office during a rally in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers ahead of a collective drive to a local Uber Greenlight office during a rally to unionize in Lynn, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance.
Uber and Lyft drivers ahead of a collective drive to a local Uber Greenlight office during a rally to unionize in Lynn, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance.
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers ahead of a collective drive to a local Uber Greenlight office during a rally to unionize in Lynn, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance.
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance.
Roxana Rivera, Assistant to the President of the SEIU 32BJ union, speaks as Uber and Lyft drivers enter a local Uber Greenlight office during a rally in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers ahead of a collective drive to a local Uber Greenlight office during a rally to unionize in Lynn, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance.
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance.
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Uber and Lyft drivers rally to unionize in front of a local Uber Greenlight office in Saugus, Massachusetts, US, on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Uber and Lyft drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers "unfairly deactivated" and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance.

For Bloomberg, I photographed a large rally of Uber and Lyft rideshare drivers as they rallied for labor rights in Lynn and Saugus, Massachusetts. The drivers gathered to demand the ride-hailing platform reinstate workers “unfairly deactivated” and voice support for legislation that would give drivers for the companies the ability to unionize, access to a base pay rate and protections such as unemployment insurance. 

New story: Gund Kwok all-Asian-women Lion Dance troupe prepares for Lunar New Year
March 15, 2023

I’ve added a new story to the photojournalism section of this website. The story follows Gund Kwok, the United States’ first and only all-Asian-women lion dance troupe as they prepare for 2023 Lunar New Year celebrations around Boston. The group is now in its 25th year and led by the 65-year-old Cheng Imm Tan, who started the group as a way to empower Asian women to show their creativity, power, and strength in an art form that has historically been open only to men. 

Click through to see the full story. 


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