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Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian.People are shutting their wallets to firms such as Target and Amazon, which followed in Trump’s footsteps to undo DEI.
Lottie Joiner is an award-winning multiplatform journalist. The Washington, D.C.-based writer and editor covers race, social justice, civil rights and culture. Her work focuses on issues that impact ...
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Barn Raiser. Rural families like mine are still grappling with the long-term mental health consequences of housing loss.
Gabriel Thompson is the author of three books: Working in the Shadows, There’s No José Here, and Calling All Radicals. He has written for The Nation, New York magazine, The New York Times, and other ...
Co-published with Teen Vogue and Lux Magazine. A far-right attack on North Idaho College, a popular community college, reveals a blueprint for destroying higher ed.
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. In NYC eviction courts, many tenants are deprived of lawyers despite the city’s right-to-counsel policies.
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. TO EXPRESS THE AMBIENT FEELING that “things are getting worse,” there exists, of course, a meme. It plots iterations of a chart, ...
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Civil Eats. A Native Hawaiian community in the Pacific Northwest grows taro (kalo) for health and well-being, to connect with their ancient ...
Co-published with The Nation. Psychedelic-assisted therapies have been hailed as the wave of the future. What if most people can’t afford them?
Co-published with Civil Eats. By paying top dollar for milk and sourcing within 15 miles of its creamery, Jasper Hill supports an entire community.
In the fast-food industry, worker stress is built into the system by design. The more unnatural and unsustainable the pace, the greater the corporate profits.
Co-published with Buzzfeed News. In an illustrated essay, Molly Crabapple talks to Sony Jayy, one of the many New York City hip hop dancers behind “showtime” on the New York City Subway.