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Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Posted inNonfiction

You Talk Real Good

by Alison Stine October 21, 2019January 20, 2023

Alison Stine confronts the ways in which being hard of hearing has made her job search more difficult.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Honey Bees, Worker Bees, and the Economic Violence of Land Grabs

by Sari Botton April 1, 2019October 19, 2022

In this collaboration with Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Melissa Chadburn challenges her own belief that environmental justice issues are reserved for people of privilege.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

Honey Bees, Worker Bees, and the Economic Violence of Land Grabs

by Melissa Chadburn April 1, 2019October 19, 2022

Melissa Chadburn challenges her own belief that environmental justice issues are reserved for people of privilege.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

Honey Bees, Worker Bees, and the Economic Violence of Land Grabs

by Melissa Chadburn April 1, 2019October 19, 2022

Melissa Chadburn challenges her own belief that environmental justice issues are reserved for people of privilege.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Class Dismissed

by Sari Botton February 19, 2019October 19, 2022

When she attends an elite private college on scholarship, Alison Stine discovers that education isn’t quite the equalizer she expected it to be.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

Class Dismissed

by Alison Stine February 19, 2019October 19, 2022

When she attends an elite private college on scholarship, Alison Stine discovers that education isn’t quite the equalizer she expected it to be.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction

Class Dismissed

by Alison Stine February 19, 2019October 19, 2022

When she attends an elite private college on scholarship, Alison Stine discovers that education isn’t quite the equalizer she expected it to be.

Posted inBooks, Featured, History, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

The Indignities of Poverty, Compounded by the Requirement to Prove It

by Longreads January 23, 2019October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her debut memoir, Stephanie Land recalls being poor, and moving with her young daughter from a homeless shelter to transitional housing.

Posted inArts & Culture, Business, Business & Tech

The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor

by Erynn Brook June 12, 2018October 19, 2022

It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.

Posted inArts & Culture, Business, Business & Tech, Story

The Difference Between Being Broke and Being Poor

by Erynn Brook June 12, 2018October 19, 2022

It’s a recognition that comes in the aisle of a grocery store.

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