Co-published with Literary Hub. Alissa Quart on the bootstrap narratives of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Co-published with Jacobin. When schools offer universal free meals, hungry kids eat. They also have better academic performance, behavior, attendance, and psychosocial functioning.

Co-published with Jacobin. School meal programs across the US are in disarray due to major staffing shortages and exploitative business practices, and kids are shouldering the burden.

Co-published with Rolling Stone. An exclusive excerpt from the new book Bootstrapped explodes the fantasy at the heart of the American dream.

Co-published with Teen Vogue. It’s a hard term to pin down because it shapes our lives in so many ways.

Co-published with The Washington Post. Politicians are beginning to more regularly challenge the "bootstraps" model.

Co-published with The Nation. Pronouncing debt cancellation DOA takes the Supreme Court’s ruling as the last word—precisely at the moment when the court’s authority demands challenge, not complacency.

Co-published with TIME. Relentless individualism has been part of America's ethos. Not anymore, writes Alissa Quart.

Co-published with The New York Times. Americans are taught that they have to go it alone. That’s a dangerous myth.

Co-published with The Boston Globe. Looking at equity and equality through class could level the playing field for low-income students of all backgrounds.

Co-published with The Salt Lake Tribune. Experts say contractors and home renovators face most exposure risk.

Co-published with Teen Vogue. Both in terms of who can attend and the financial burdens it comes with.