Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich, Acid Wit and Workers’ Champion
Co-published with TIME. A remembrance of writer and moral force Barbara Ehrenreich.
Altered States of America
Co-published with palabra. In the United States, we now have one pandemic for all Americans, and a custom-made disaster for Brown and Black people.
Will Trump’s Broken Promises to Working-Class Voters Cost Him the Election?
Co-published with The New Yorker. The President has staged rallies across the Rust Belt, promising a manufacturing revival, but jobs lost to offshoring have increased during his time in office.
The Making of ‘an Ardent Trump Supporter’ in Youngstown
Co-published with The Daily Beast. These voters were made—not born. The way to change that may be a contemporary New Deal to support “laboratories” to restore American greatness and a fair deal for workers.
This Amazon Grocery Runner Has Risked Her Job to Fight for Better Safety Measures
Co-published with In These Times. Courtenay Brown knows she could be on the streets if she loses her job at an Amazon Fresh unit. She’s speaking out about scant Covid-19 safety measures anyway.
Amazon Expects Its Employees to Operate Like Fast-Moving Machines. This Amazon Picker Is Fighting Back.
Co-published with In These Times. Inspired by his father and grandfather, Sean Carlisle is organizing to win stronger safety measures for his fellow workers.
Meet the Warehouse Worker Who Took On Amazon Over Inhumane Conditions and Harassment
Co-published with In These Times. Hibaq Mohamed organized her community in a fight against Amazon, protesting working conditions at a fulfillment center with one of the highest rates of injury.
‘They Deserve To Be Heard’: Sick and Dying Coal Ash Cleanup Workers Fight for Their Lives
Co-published with The Guardian and Southerly. Hundreds of workers fell ill after cleaning up America’s largest industrial disaster without proper gear. Twelve years later, they’re still waiting for help.
A Trip to the Nail Salon With Missing Fingers
Co-published with Allure. Getting your talons done should be soothing, but for me, it also comes with a bolt of initial dread.
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 the grind is here to stay.
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 processing plants amid the coronavirus pandemic.