His writings have also appeared in The Nation,[5] London Review of Books,[6] and The Village Voice.[7] His essay "Disco Inferno", originally published in The Nation, was included in the collection "Best Music Writing 2006". From 2003 to 2006, he served on the National Council of the American Studies Association, and he is currently an editor for Middle East Report. He is also an occasional columnist for the Progressive Media Project, an initiative of The Progressive magazine, through which his op-eds[8] appear in newspapers across the United States.