How children became this city’s lead detectors
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, the Hechinger Report and the Nation. In Milwaukee, a child’s blood test is often the first housing inspection.
A vineyard manager’s deportation shattered an Oregon town. Now his daughter is carrying on his legacy
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. Alondra Sotelo Garcia took over her father’s business when he was deported to Mexico after three decades in the US
The Deadly Combination of Pregnancy and Rural Living in the United States
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Nonprofit Quarterly. Pregnant people in rural areas are twice as likely to have complications than their urban counterparts. Abortion bans only exacerbate it.
“The system is unstable, not us”: How South Carolina evictions harm Black mothers and their families
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Prism. The state has one of the highest eviction rates in the U.S., and Black women and children are disproportionately the target.
I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. I experienced this first-hand.
Making Babies
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Dirt Media, and Lux Magazine. We were selling baby food and the American dream — I wrote the script.
This Friendship Saved Me
Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Commonweal."I was an unhoused veteran. A chance friendship helped me heal from the trauma of homelessness."
Three Years After The School Shooting In Uvalde, Survivors Struggle To Find Ongoing Support
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and WHYY. On May 24, 2022, a shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 students and two teachers. Survivors still navigate barriers to getting support.
Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICE’s Deportation Machine
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Truthout. Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster Trump’s deportation agenda.
‘The Gas Station Attendant’ Premieres At Sheffield DocFest: Watch The Trailer
Using recorded phone calls with her dad while he worked nights at a gas station along with home movies past and present, Karla Murthy meditates on family and the immigrant experience.
Farmworker Youth Take to the Streets as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Civil Eats. In Santa Maria, California, where 80 percent of the resident farm workforce is undocumented, deportation threats are a daily reality.
I Grew Up Poor and Learned Early: Charities Aren’t Always So Charitable
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Chronicle of Philanthropy. As a young girl, EHRP Fellow Bobbi Dempsey found nonprofits often stereotyped her family. Now, as a journalist, she reports on how they can do better.
