Indigenous Cultures Take Root in New York
Co-published with The Nation. The traditional systems of mutual support that undergird many Indigenous Central American cultures have formed a safety net during a very dark …
New York Tenants Are Organizing Against Evictions as They Did in the Great Depression
Co-published with Retro Report and THE CITY. Anticipating a massive wave of evictions when the federal and state bans are lifted in January, …
Behind the Doors of New York’s Public Housing
Co-published with The Nation. Portraits of the activists, organizers, artists, and more who call the Lower East Side’s public housing home.
New York Home Care Workers Challenge Their Union to End 24-Hour Shifts
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 …
First-Time Voters Want to Have a Say in Our Country’s Future
Co-published with The Nation. Not old enough to vote in 2016, these young voters of color are ready to fight for the world they want to …
As the Nation Braces for a Wave of Evictions, Some Bronx Tenants Fight Back
Co-published with Slate. When COVID struck, a group of tenants in the South Bronx went on rent strike. Will it work?
Tenants Facing Eviction Over COVID-19 Look to a 1970s Solution
Co-published with Retro Report and The New York Times. With mass evictions on the horizon, a counterintuitive proposal to help renters buy …
Homeless in a Pandemic: The Housing Poetry of Jennifer Fitzgerald
Co-published with Literary Hub. Poet Jen Fitzgerald chronicles her struggle with housing insecurity in a series of stunning fact-based poems and personal images.
When You Are Paid 13 Hours for a 24-Hour Shift
Co-published with The New York Times. America’s neglect of older people extends to the people who care for them at home.
Homeless Workers Face the Pandemic
Co-published with Slate. What do stay-at-home orders mean when there’s nowhere to stay?
Uncle Sam Needs to Start Giving Us All Free Hand Sanitizer
Co-published with the Washington Post. Call it Uncle San-itizer.
What 9/11 Can Teach Us About Responding to Coronavirus
Co-published with OtherWords. I helped 9/11 survivors and their families get relief. Here are the lessons I learned for the hard times ahead.