Craig Lee, who has documented news from the courts to the playing field, has created a new niche for himself as a freelancer, focusing on food and wine. His inspirations? Vermeer and Rembrandt.

When Barbara Grady began reporting on the sexual trafficking of underage girls, she was disturbed by the extent of this epidemic in urban neighborhoods of the East Bay. Young men were chucking drug sales and moving into pimping with a frightening aggression; the girls were younger and more vulnerable than law enforcement officials were used [...]

By Rebecca Rosen Lum
Freelance Unit Chair
Fred Merkle was a 19-year-old rookie when the (then-New York) Giants played the Cubs on Sept. 23, 1908. Victory appeared certain when a decisive run crossed home plate. But instead of stepping on second base, Merkle made a run for the clubhouse – just as 10,000 fans streamed onto the [...]

Entwined with the Mexico of maquiladoras, drug wars and immigration coyotes is a Mexico in which artists paint, green energy firms run wind farms, and a national forest thrives.
In her new book, “The Wind Doesn’t Need a Passport: Stories from the U.S.-Mexico Border,” Tyche Hendricks introduces readers to the full spectrum. She writes about a [...]

Once upon a time, not so many decades ago, a group of respected academics believed that LSD and other hallucinogens would revolutionize American society — and they set out to prove it.
The fascinating story of what happened next is the subject of “The Harvard Psychedelic Club,” the latest from GuildFreelancer Don Lattin, published by HarperOne [...]