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I am a business reporter for Axios and a former reporter for USA Today and the Detroit Free Press.

I've written three nationally published nonfiction books:

—BRIDGE BUILDERS: BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A POLARIZED AGE (2021, Polity Press): I set out to meet Americans who are bringing people together despite their differences, whether it's politics, race, religion, class or culture. In the book, I tell their stories and examine what we can learn from them. I used this truly invigorating experience to turn out a solutions-oriented book that illuminates a different path in the face of rigid polarization.

—AFTER THE FACT: THE EROSION OF TRUTH AND THE INEVITABLE RISE OF DONALD TRUMP (2018, Prometheus Books): This nonpartisan book explores the post ...more

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The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit: Walter Reuther And The Fate Of American Labor

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“We have entire professions devoted, at least to some degree, to spinning the facts. Public relations. Marketing. Lobbying. Law. Politics. People in those fields are paid to present a filtered version of the truth to their target audiences.”
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“Stories focused purely on what side was winning represented 42 percent of the coverage. Coverage of policy issues took up a paltry 10 percent, while stories focused on leadership and experience accounted for only 3 percent.”
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“All you have to do is fool Google—because if you can fool Google, you can fool everybody,” said Wellesley College computer scientist Panagiotis Takis Metaxas, who has researched the spread of online rumors.”
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“as Winston Churchill once said, “It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.”
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