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Joe Bernstein

The Drag Queens Fighting Performance Bans in Texas

By: Rachel Monroe   |   New Yorker   |   Dec 2023
As a series of repressive bills targets drag shows across the country, performers in Texas try out a novel defense.
Joe Bernstein

The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a Texas County

By: Rachel Monroe   |   New Yorker   |   March 2023
Students have overdosed during class, in bathrooms, and in an elementary-school parking lot.
Joe Bernstein

How an Amateur Diver Became a True-Crime Sensation

By: Rachel Monroe   |   The New Yorker   |   July 2023
Jared Leisek carved a lucrative niche in the YouTube sleuthing community. Then the sleuths came for him.