Co-published with palabra. More people in contingency work are feeling like borrowed tools, so it’s time to reset the rules of work.

Co-published with Vox. Cosmetology workers are reassessing their jobs, including the chemicals they’re exposed to.

Co-published with The Guardian. A collapse in the number of dairy farmers in states such as Minnesota is destroying livelihoods and hollowing out rural life.

Co-published with Slate. At some point, I realized the goal was to make my job kill me slower.

Co-published with palabra. In the United States, we now have one pandemic for all Americans, and a custom-made disaster for Brown and Black people.

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 …

Co-published with The New Republic. On working amid paranoid customers, hungry shoplifters, sick co-workers, and people who just need a bathroom.

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 …

Co-published with The Nation. In California’s agricultural heartland, farmworkers are fighting back against expensive rents, substandard housing, and economic disenfranchisement.

Co-published with Slate. I cheer the new benefits. I also know exactly who will continue to bear this burden.

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.

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 …