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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …