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Why the Optimal Minimum Wage in the US Is At Least $12 An Hour
Co-published with Quartz. Could a $12 minimum wage be a magic number for food security?
Remarkable Photos Show What Harm Reduction Actually Looks Like
Co-published with Mother Jones and 100 Days in Appalachia. Don’t believe the conservative fear mongering.
Going for Broke: Can Work Be Love?
Co-published with PRX’s To the Best of Our Knowledge. In this final part of our series, we’re talking about the right to meaningful work and what happens to people who look for work while also having a disability that’s invisible to most.
Los Angeles’s Garment District Is Still Home to Severe Exploitation
Co-published with Jacobin. Long faced with paltry wages and inhumane working conditions, Los Angeles’s garment workers are taking significant risks to organize for better pay and workplace protections.
Going for Broke: Making Up Our Minds
Co-published with PRX’s To the Best of Our Knowledge. Post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health challenges can push people into poverty.
I’m a Military Widow. I’ll Lose My Benefits if I Remarry
Co-published with TIME. Karie Fugett writes about the rule that penalizes many surviving spouses for finding love again.
