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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 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 by Economic Hardship Reporting Project’s James Ledbetter Fund and The Guardian. When I got the chance to attend a conservative, evangelical high school in rural Iowa, I was ecstatic. My ...
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 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 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 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 Christian Century. Yet their extensive efforts go largely unseen outside their communities.
Co-published with Grid. Young physicians in training are being squeezed by labor shortages, inflation and long hours.
Co-published with HuffPost. Twelve years ago, Cynthia Jeub appeared on a TLC reality TV show featuring large families. But the cameras didn’t capture everything, especially the abuse she suffered at ...