For Many Americans, Poor Water Access Heightens the COVID Threat
Co-published with U.S. News and World Report. In impoverished places like the rural South, standard amenities that form the baseline for warding off coronavirus infection can …
The Provocations of Elon Musk
Co-published with GQ. The mercurial billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX regularly flouts the law with little fear of punishment. Elizabeth Spiers on why the rules …
Puerto Rico’s Sex Workers Are Struggling to Survive
Co-published with The Nation. The challenge of making ends meet was difficult before Covid-19. Now it’s even worse.
‘You’re Not Alone’: How One Nurse Is Confronting the Pandemic
Co-published with WIRED. The adrenaline of the first days of the Covid response has drained away, leaving sore muscles, heavy hearts, and a creeping awareness that …
Concern Over Suicide Rates During COVID-19: There is Still Help Available
Co-published with Erie News Now. During COVID-19, there is concern that the suicide rate may increase due to stress, anxiety, and other factors.
COVID-19 Halts Employment Program at Oklahoma State University
Co-published with The Oklahoman. A floral design program at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City that was created to help homeless and low-income residents find employment has been …
Arkansas Poultry Workers Amid the Coronavirus: ‘We’re Not Essential, We’re Expendable’
Co-published with the Arkansas Times and the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network. Poultry workers in Arkansas describe appalling and unsanitary working conditions at …
Stranded in Kenya and Abandoned by My Country. Again.
Co-published with the Washington Post and reprinted by Stars and Stripes. Ten years after my Marine husband’s death, I felt the familiar …
In One Hospital, Finding Humanity in an Inhuman Crisis
Co-published with WIRED. Doctors, nurses, and technicians at the University of Michigan Hospital are coping with fear, exhaustion, and the risk of illness as they face …
My Marriage Was Broken. The Coronavirus Lockdown Saved It.
Co-published with HuffPost. We were so broke we broke up. Then a deadly disease broke the markets and brought us back together.
Who Counts in a Census Taken During a Pandemic?
Co-published with The New York Review of Books. With COVID-19 infections raging nationally, poor people and people of color remain at risk for an undercount in …
Out of Prison With Nowhere Safe to Go
Co-published with The New Republic. As states grant early release to slow the spread of COVID-19, many people are leaving incarceration broke and without a net.