In a city of limited space, a group of New York residents sees an opportunity to transform barren rooftops in Brooklyn and Queens into food-producing farms. Produced, shot and edited for Al Jazeera English.

In Chicago, people languish in Cook County Jail for months (and sometimes years) because they can’t pay bail... which is sometimes as low as $50. Both morally reprehensible and fiscally irresponsible, the situation attracts attention from both sides of the political divide. Produced, shot and edited for Al Jazeera English.

Support from President Trump is helping the US coal industry, even as overall demand for the fossil fuel continues to shrink. Shot and edited in western Pennsylvania for Al Jazeera English.

A week after performing at Barack Obama's second inauguration, Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in Chicago. The president would then return to his hometown and talk about gun violence there, a problem that has persisted for decades. Produced, shot and edited for Al Jazeera English.

Should we just get rid of the penny? We hit the streets of Manhattan to find out. A news piece/collage shot on spec for Al Jazeera.

Quite a bit of mayhem occurs overnight in Chicago, and it's one video journalist's job to stay up and cover it. Shot and edited for Al Jazeera America.

Can math save lives? America Tonight looks at a program in the Chicago Public Schools that attempts to do just: by taking the most at-risk boys from the roughest neighborhoods and giving them focused, intensive, one-on-one math tutoring. Shot and edited for Al Jazeera America.

During the Vietnam War, the US dropped cluster bombs in Laos, many of which did not detonate. Today, an entrepreneur in New York City partners with artists in Laos who make bracelets made from bomb fragments, the profits from which go to Laotian cluster-bomb clearing efforts. Produced and edited for Al Jazeera English.