How the Government Cancelled Betty Ann’s Debts
Co-published with The New Yorker. For a 91-year-old law-school graduate, the Department of Education discharged more than three hundred thousand dollars in student debt. Could relief be that simple?
Short Circuit
Co-published with Salt Lake City Weekly. A tax break for Utah seniors could be a lifeline—if only people knew about it.
The Longest 80 Miles: How Nursing Home Evictions Tear Families Apart
Co-published with The American Prospect and reprinted in Autostraddle. In upstate New York, a nursing home eviction due to a debt has indefinitely separated two women’s enduring love by 80 miles.
The Digital Divide Pushed My Dad’s Life to the Brink
Co-published with The American Prospect. As public benefits migrate online, senior citizens are being left behind.
It Has the Highest Death Rate of Any Nursing Home in America. Families Want To Know Why.
Co-published with The Guardian. As numbers climbed at a facility for veterans in New Jersey, the rights of grieving family members fell away.