Utah Lawmaker’s Firm Squeezes Thousands From Renters Months After Evictions
Co-published with the Utah Investigative Journalism Project and The Salt Lake Tribune. The practice appears to violate a new law setting deadlines for such damage claims.
Housing Is a Right. During a Pandemic, It’s Also a Fight.
Co-published with The Nation. In California’s agricultural heartland, farmworkers are fighting back against expensive rents, substandard housing, and economic disenfranchisement.
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 …
Foundations That Want to Support Local Journalism Should Take a Close Look at Alt Weeklies
Co-published with The Chronicle of Philanthropy. For relatively small investments, philanthropy could help preserve some of the most important local journalism around—and fend off growing rightwing “news” sites.
Incarceration Has Always Threatened Health. COVID-19 Just Worsened the Problem.
Co-published with the Philadelphia Inquirer. During the pandemic, jail populations — largely poor people who can’t afford bail — have been some of the hardest hit by the …
What A Living Wage Means To A Low-Income Family In Atlanta
Co-published with WABE. What does a living wage mean to a low-income family? Our contributor Jill Jordan Sieder brings us the story of one Atlanta family struggling through …
When My Father Called Me About His Unemployment
Co-published with Slate. I cheer the new benefits. I also know exactly who will continue to bear this burden.
Forsyth County Meets the New American Majority
Co-published with Slate. What happens in a Whitopia as a red Georgia turns blue?
‘We wanted to work the land with our kids’: the Black US farmers reclaiming the soil
Co-published with The Guardian. A fledgling movement towards Black-owned farms seeks to address the lack of land ownership and fresh food in many communities of color.
Ski Towns and the Ski Bums Who Staff Them Ponder Their Survival
Co-published with Adventure Journal. Ski resorts are open, but with restaurants closed, and tourism way down, the pandemic might dramatically reshape the ski towns we’ve known and loved.
Tribal Territories Have the Right to Protect Their People Against the Pandemic
Co-published with The Nation. South Dakota has resisted shutting down in the face of Covid-19. The Cheyenne River Reservation is taking matters into its own hands.
COVID-19 Response has Been Starkly Different for Indigenous Communities in Texas
Co-published with the Texas Observer. While coronavirus rates remain high, officials have taken unprecedented actions not found anywhere else in the state.