How the United States Chose to Become a Country of Homelessness
Co-published with The Nation. For months, our leaders have known that the Covid-19 crisis could force millions of people from their homes. They decided to let it …
The Making of ‘an Ardent Trump Supporter’ in Youngstown
Co-published with The Daily Beast. These voters were made—not born. The way to change that may be a contemporary New Deal to support “laboratories” to restore …
Bumpy Ride: Why America’s Roads are in Tatters
Co-published with Harper's. If the roads are failing, it means government is failing.
American Ballad: A Photographic Chronicle of America’s Working Poor
Co-published with Smithsonian Magazine. To mark the 75th anniversary of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, photographer Matt Black and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dale Maharidge, traveled …