The Dark Side of America’s Gleaming Skyscrapers
Co-published with The Atlantic. Immigrant laborers have been dying tragic, sometimes grisly deaths on construction sites across the country. Their deaths tell the story of an industry indifferent …
My Pandemic Year Behind the Checkout Counter
Co-published with The New Republic. On working amid paranoid customers, hungry shoplifters, sick co-workers, and people who just need a bathroom.
‘I Thought It Was Going To Break Me’: COVID’s Brutal Toll on Working Mothers
Co-published with The Guardian. As we near the first anniversary of the Covid shutdowns, we share the stories of five mothers who have been laid off, pushed …
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.
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.
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.
The New York Farmers Responding to Food Insecurity
Co-published with Civil Eats. Small-scale farmers in Ithaca respond to hunger through nimbleness, innovation, and mutualism. If the recently introduced FEED Act passes Congress, the model could …
Pandemic Pain Unequally Felt As Financial Cliff Looms For The Unemployed
Co-published with WABE. With no government relief to count on, coronavirus on the rise, and a fragile economy, many jobless Georgians are bracing for a lean and …
How to End ‘Women’s Work’ and its Pay Gap
Co-published with The New York Times. New Zealand is pursuing a century-old idea to close the gender pay gap: not equal pay for equal work, but equal …
Will Trump’s Broken Promises to Working-Class Voters Cost Him the Election?
Co-published with The New Yorker. The President has staged rallies across the Rust Belt, promising a manufacturing revival, but jobs lost to offshoring have increased during …
New York Home Care Workers Challenge Their Union to End 24-Hour Shifts
Co-published with Prism. In New York, home care workers are demanding the abolition of the grueling 24-hour shift and accusing one of America's largest unions of not …
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 …