The Right to Listen
Co-published with The New Yorker. As citizens of a democracy, we need to hear one another. Why can’t we?
Zombie Debts Are Hounding Struggling Americans. Will You Be Next?
Co-published with The Guardian. Tens of thousands of people have received demands to repay alleged overpayments of government benefits – often decades old – plunging them …
Taken for a Ride: How Ambulance Debt Afflicts the Extreme Poor
Co-published with The American Prospect. How medical-provider gouging burdens the homeless with debt and frustrates recovery.
TV’s Sexiest New Plotline
Co-published with Fusion. Hit shows are finally paying attention to one of the country's most pressing issues: student debt.
Let’s Put Public Debt on Trial
Co-published with VICE. Wall Street lends money to cities with giant strings attached. The result? An endless cycle of layoffs and slashed spending.
Hypereducated and on Welfare
Co-published with Elle. Like hundreds of thousands of others with advanced educations, Brianne Bolin barely makes enough to feed herself and her son.
The Student Loan Debt Suicides
Co-published with Huffington Post. The national student loan crisis has reached a critical level, and the pressure of massive debt is causing current and former students …