Co-published with Grist. Natural disasters hit farmers with a $22 billion bill last year. Only half of that was covered by insurance.

Co-published with Fast Company. Cyrus Jaffery faced a string of professional rejections until his future father in law Tom Rivera saw his potential.

Co-published with The Guardian. For years the corporate diktat has been that happiness must be achieved alone, but many are turning to communities for joy.

Co-published with The Nation. Overloaded with debt, tenants are being bled dry to make millions for speculators—with a crucial assist from the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.

Co-published with Fast Company. Companies like PadSplit offer affordable rooms in shared houses, but they often come with major issues.

Co-published with The Baffler. All economic systems have problems of scarcity—but only capitalism also has problems of abundance.

Co-published with Teen Vogue. It’s a hard term to pin down because it shapes our lives in so many ways.

Co-published with The Guardian. A FICO score determines your financial future in America. But for new immigrants, getting one can be nearly impossible.

Co-published with The New Republic. The argument that corporations have historically been a force for good—and can be again—is wishful thinking.

Co-published with Teen Vogue. Keywords is a column that decodes the lingo of American politics and media.

Co-published with Jacobin. The supermarket was used as a key piece of anti-communist propaganda early in the twentieth century against the alternative of grocery co-ops.

Co-published with The Crisis. This year, each of us has lost something. I am fortunate that my biggest loss has been my faith in our tax system.