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Why Were Tech Billionaires Front and Center at Trump’s Inauguration?
Co-published by EHRP and More Perfect Union. Why were tech billionaires front and center at Trump’s inauguration? They weren’t just there for the photo-op — it’s way worse than that. They’re actually hoping for a “sweetheart deal” to escape the biggest anti-monopoly cases in a generation.
Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation. New technology is not just making shopping more challenging for workers and consumers—it’s poised to rip off the most vulnerable.
The World’s Northernmost Coal Mine Closing Is Good News… Right?
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Atmos. As Norway shutters its last coal mine, locals who remain in Svalbard fear they’re being left helpless against an emboldened, encroaching Russia.
How Santa Fe’s Housing Squeeze Nearly Left Me Homeless
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation. Thanks to poor administrative decisions at a local housing complex for artists, the city’s poet laureate fell into nerve-wracking precarity.
A Prospect Heights Ghost Story
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Hyperallergic. Part of a series on New York City housing, this final installment — a comic — focuses on its creator who was displaced from his Brooklyn brownstone.
Trick Clock
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. On the job with a seasonal migrant worker.
