HARPERS // AUGUST, 2012
Paying to play in Mary Kay.

PARENTS // JULY, 2011
Right here in the United States, one in four children don’t have enough to eat. The impact this has on their health, their development — their future — is staggering.
SLATE // NOVEMBER, 2010
The $1.8 billion business of hair removal is our most intimate and uncomfortable form of beauty labor.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING // JUNE, 2008
Who makes sure those theme park rides are safe? Sometimes the answer is: No one. Good Housekeeping’s special report.
THE NATION // OCTOBER, 2007
Cheap beauty products are making Americans sick. How an epidemic is plaguing poorly paid workers at nail salons – while the FDA does nothing. (Research supported by The Investigative Fund.)
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