Rebecca Holland

A six month investigation into how the Trump administration worked with far-right groups to recruit sheriffs into a controversial immigration program.

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins had spent years advocating for the removal of undocumented immigrants when he received a prized photo in his inbox in February 2019. It came from a group that has long fought to slash the number of immigrants allowed into the United States.
In the photo, Jenkins and more than three dozen other sheriffs posed under a chandelier in the East Room of the White House with a beaming President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Jenkins, serving his fou...

Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins had spent years advocating for the removal of undocumented immigrants when he received a prized photo in his inbox in February 2019. It came from a group that has long fought to slash the number of immigrants allowed into the United States.
In the photo, Jenkins and more than three dozen other sheriffs posed under a chandelier in the East Room of the White House with a beaming President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Jenkins, serving his fou...

An article about visiting the Outer Banks for Enterprise Pursuits.

A new generation of Lebanese winemakers is turning to native grapes and creating a unique identity for the country's wine that looks to the past, and the future.

Searching for the best shawarma in Chicago.

Restaurant workers aren't the only people hurt when restaurants close.

Foraging for mushrooms in the brush near Umm Qais, fishing for tuna in Aqaba, visiting grape farms with volcanic soil in the fertile Mountain Heights Plateau, enjoying a fine-dining menu of locally sourced ingredients in Fakhreldin, one of Amman’s most famous restaurants. These are only a few activities that will make up Farm to Fork Jordan’s culinary-focused travel itineraries.

On Monday, McDonald's franchisees and community organizers kicked off a 90-day protest at the chain's global headquarters in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago to confront what they say are predatory practices against Black-owned franchises.

A generation of winemakers in Lebanon is looking to the past to create the future, drawing on history and native grapes while pushing boundaries and experimenting with innovative styles.

The Middle East is a diverse region, and Chicago’s Middle Eastern food scene is no different.

2020 was a very weird year to be an American abroad.

The shell of a former nightclub in Beirut is now a makeshift kitchen that prepares more than 1,000 meals a day from a giant community oven.

Article for the Travel section of The Independent.

I wrote this piece about Dubai for the Scott's Cheap Flights newsletter. It was part of a city guide series.