Against ‘Poor’ Reporting
Co-published with Columbia Journalism Review. As a new recession looms, our industry would do well to at least start to correct its legacy biases around coverage of poverty and class.
Why We Need a Working-Class Media
Co-published with Dissent Magazine. What could the political effects be of a media that actually served working-class Americans?
Surviving in the Shadows
Co-published with Ms. Magazine. Until the stories of poor, regular and working-class sexual assault survivors become visible, our needs will remain invisible too.
How We’re Working with Reporters from Around America to Cover Class and Inequality
Co-published with The Guardian. The national media failed to cover large swathes of the US pre-election, while rural voices have been quieted by the decimation of local news. Our On The Ground project aims to remedy these
What Donald Trump Will Have To Accept: Without Journalism, There Is No America
Co-published with The Guardian. How American journalists should organize and fight in such a climate is a long and uncertain discussion. But they will fight a losing battle without the trust and support of the American public.
Only the Rich Can Write About Poverty
Co-published with The Guardian. There’s something wrong with the fact that affluent people can afford to write about minimum-wage jobs while the people who actually work them can't.
The Case for Poetry About Inequality
Co-published with Salon. Civic poetry is not your precious, otherwordly poetry. It's public, it's political -- about the hard stuff of life.
Sandberg Left Single Mothers Behind
Co-published with CNN. Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" venture is being rightly attacked for all the wrong reasons. What's been missed is a real opportunity that Sandberg's proposal unintentionally spotlights: the opportunity to talk honestly about feminism