Aaron Lake Smith

Aaron Lake Smith is a journalist and essayist from North Carolina, living in New York. He's written for TIME, Bookforum.com, Jacobin, Al Jazeera America, n + 1, and extensively for the VICE print edition. Before going freelance, he was the Senior Editor of VICE. His work has also been anthologized in City by City: Dispatches from the American Metropolis (n + 1 / FSG) and honored in the 2014 edition of Best American Travel Writing. More of his work can be seen at his website, http://www.oldwaysways.com, and you can write him at aaronlakesmith@gmail.com. Last updated July 2017

InvestigationBusiness, Environment

Sewage Waste Lands

Biosolid fertilizer comes cheap, but it may be putting farming communities at risk.

Aaron Lake SmithAl Jazeera AmericaOctober 23, 2013

InvestigationWorld

The New Roma Ghettos

Welcome to Slovakia, where scapegoating and isolating the country’s most precarious minority has become sport for skinheads and elected officials alike.

Aaron Lake SmithViceApril 4, 2013

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