While many of us are asleep, Ernest Chen heads to work as one of 15 million Americans who work night shifts. 

Working the Night Shift

I made a pilgrimage to an East Village store to ask lottery players what motivates them. A vox pop montage. 

Why Do We Play the Lottery?

I talked with Salvadorans who are using photos and poetry to bring the too-often silenced memories of the Salvadoran Civil War to our present. 

I talk with the founder of the "Johnson Girls" about what changes when female chantey singers enter a male-dominated maritime tradition. 