Ray Suarez
Ray Suarez was a senior correspondent for “PBS NewsHour” and host of the public radio show “America Abroad.” He co-hosts the program and podcast “WorldAffairs” for KQED-FM and the World Affairs Council.
Mental Health Issues Spiked During the Pandemic. Medicaid Isn’t Much Help.
Co-published with The Intercept. In Part 3 of our film series “Insecurity,” host Ray Suarez meets Katie Prout, a writer trying to find a job and mental health care during the pandemic.
Ten Years Into the Fight for $15, Workers Are Still Fighting for A Living Wage
Co-published with The Intercept. In Part 2 of “Insecurity,” we meet Eshawney Gaston, a fast-food worker who joins the wave of labor uprisings sweeping the country during the pandemic.
How the Endless Paperwork of the Pandemic Kept People From Receiving Benefits
Co-published with The Intercept. Part 1 of “Insecurity” — stories of Americans falling through the cracks of the safety net during the pandemic.
Why We Made Going for Broke
Co-published with The Nation. In this video roundtable, Laura Flanders joins Ray Suarez and Ann Larson to talk about our newest podcast.
Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home
Co-published with The Nation. As the pandemic closed down New York City, Fitzgerald found her daughter and herself priced out of a place to live.
John Koopman: Stars and Stripes and Strip Clubs
Co-published with The Nation. How a war correspondent found himself bouncing rowdy customers at a strip club—and what came next.
There’s a Term for the Avalanche of Paperwork We All Deal With
Co-published with The Nation. When Lisa Ventura’s father needed help filing for unemployment, she got an overload of what experts call “administrative burden.”
I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register
Co-published with The Nation. Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.
A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story
Co-published with The Nation. How did Ray Suarez end up jobless and worrying about how he was going to pay his dental bills?
When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused
Co-published with The Nation. Lori Yearwood hadn’t thought much about sleep—until she found herself homeless, and unable to catch a wink.
Poverty Can Happen to Anyone
Co-published with The Nation. Our new podcast, Going for Broke, lets Americans living on the edge have the last word.
Going for Broke: The Ray Suarez Story
Co-published with Latino USA. In this special preview episode of our new podcast series, famed reporter Ray Suarez tells the shocking story of how his illustrious career fell apart in middle age.