COMING SOON! EHRP's @alissaquart.bsky.social and photographer Matt Black will be in conversation at @publictrust-org.bsky.social on April 9! The talk is centered around Black's six-year EHRP-supported photography project, Geography of Poverty, and his related books. publictrust.org/americas-geo...

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"They didn’t care where they dumped, they just dumped.” Jordan Blumetti extensively reports on a Florida community’s fight against developers building homes in areas poisoned by hazardous waste. (Published by EHRP + @oxfordamerican.bsky.social ) oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...

The Machine in the Garden

FISSURE First came the notices for rezoning and the announcements from development companies that …

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“'Very little in our current media ecosystem addresses poor Americans,' says Victor Pickard...The main reason for its absence, he says, is that media owners are 'dedicated to making as much money as possible.'” @alissaquart.bsky.social in @columjournreview.bsky.social www.cjr.org/analysis/ame...

America Needs a Working-Class Media

Catering to rich audiences is not serving us.

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LA Should Requisition Empty Housing for Fire Victims If that sounds far-fetched, it’s only because property law seems more real to us than moral law. But what’s really hard to defend is sending 10K households in search of shelter while padlocking every door. economichardship.org/2025/02/la-r...

LA Should Requisition Empty Housing for Fire Victims - Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Jacobin. Luxury housing sits empty all over Los Angeles while average city residents displaced by the recent fires are struggling to find new ho...

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When is a charity not so charitable? Journalist Bobbi Dempsey writes for #TheCommons about growing up in poverty and encountering social service organizations that wanted her family to "perform" their pain. Read the essay: phlnthrp.com/3EpPPSt @economichardship.bsky.social partnered on this story.

Thankful for @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for publishing my essay on how people seeking assistance from nonprofits often feel pressure to "perform their pain." Also grateful to @economichardship.bsky.social for supporting this piece (and my work in general). www.philanthropy.com/commons/char...

I Was Poor and Ashamed. But That Wasn’t Enough for Charities

As a young girl, the author found nonprofits often stereotyped her family. Now, as a journalist, she reports on how they can do better.

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Hey if you want some community consider attending this mind blowing yearly event Brooklyn Public Library's Night of Ideas on March 8th...doing an event with Hamilton Nolan and co. @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social @economichardship.bsky.social @publiclibrariesmag.bsky.social @mollycrabapple.bsky.social

ICYMI: For EHRP and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social, our contributing editor Meagan Day explains in this digital piece how the rising broligarchy exploits consumers and perpetuates disinformation. www.instagram.com/perfectunion...

More Perfect Union on Instagram: "Why were tech billionaires front and center at Trump’s inauguration? They weren’t just there for the photo-op — it’s way worse than that. They’re actually hoping fo...

11K likes, 198 comments - perfectunion on January 22, 2025: "Why were tech billionaires front and center at Trump’s inauguration? They weren’t just there for the photo-op — it’s way worse than that. ...

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Tech overlords are in the supermarket. If you are suspicious of store automation as a shopper, wait til you see what workers say. My latest in @thenation.com (w/ support from @economichardship.bsky.social) shows how electronic price tags are the latest scam. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought

New technology is not just making shopping more challenging for workers and consumers—it’s poised to rip off the most vulnerable.

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I was briefly on @marketplace.org this morning talking about how people who sell groceries can't afford to buy them. The low-wage service economy gets so little coverage in national media. Thanks to @economichardship.bsky.social for the support. www.marketplace.org/2025/01/23/w...

What it was like to work at a grocery store during peak COVID - Marketplace

Writer Ann Larson spent a year working as a cashier at a big-name grocery store at the height of the pandemic.

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You can read the original feature with original photos at @highcountrynews.bsky.social. Many thanks to @economichardship.bsky.social for supporting my reporting on this 🙏 www.hcn.org/issues/54-10...

A smoldering threat to wildland firefighters - High Country News

Long COVID affects more than 16 million Americans, and firefighters are at increased risk of getting it.

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The ongoing fires in Southern California during a winter COVID-19 surge brought me back to my 2022 reporting on Long COVID in wildland firefighters for High Country News. Today, we republished my feature at @thesicktimes.bsky.social. thesicktimes.org/2025/01/23/l...

Long COVID is a smoldering threat to wildland firefighters - The Sick Times

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in October 2022 by High Country News and was supported by The Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Researchers found that particulate matter from wil...

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“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” Social justice is racial justice is economic justice. Today we honor #MLK. We vow to keep learning from his teachings and fighting for equality

This story was supported by @economichardship.bsky.social, which is such an incredible resource for working class freelancers with big ideas: atmos.earth/the-worlds-n...

The World’s Northernmost Coal Mine Closing Is Good News… Right? | Atmos

As Norway shutters its last coal mine, locals who remain in Svalbard fear they’re being left helpless against an encroaching Russia.

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Things are pretty bleak right now. I've been finding meaning and connection wherever I can, even in conversations on BookTV! Like this one with Adam Chandler about his new book and the American Dream. No lie. @economichardship.bsky.social #americandream

The future of journalism and economic justice for millions of Americans is uncertain. Today ushers in a change in administration that threatens to deepen economic hardships while further silencing the voices of those who are most affected.

🧵From media collapse to labor’s rise: EHRP’s top 10 stories of 2024

We are so grateful to have supported this piece from @sesmith.bsky.social

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This @theguardian.com feature was especially important to me, looking at moral injury in animal shelter settings. Animal sheltering is really rough right now for a lot of reasons: Read to learn more about the toll of shelter work. (Rate: $2,044 + $1,500 grant from @economichardship.bsky.social)

Thanks @nytimes.com & Frank Bruni for liking one of my sentences enough to put it on the Sentences of 2024 list. Writers care about this category :) Think #barbaraehrenreich would approve: satire out of misery @meaganday.bsky.social @economichardship.bsky.social @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social

Radio show @marketplaceapm.bsky.social is "exploring new narratives that illustrate how the U.S. economy is (and is not) working for people" — so EHRP's @alissaquart.bsky.social recently joined the program to discuss our responsibility to strengthen working class media.

How Donald Trump tapped into the "fiction" of bootstrapping - Marketplace

Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project examines the economic insecurities that Donald Trump played to this election.

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I went to Illinois to see firsthand what happens when you eliminate cash bail entirely (with the support of @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @economichardship.bsky.social) www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Illinois Has Put an End to the Injustice of Cash Bail

Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected.

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Here I am talking about my beloved @economichardship.bsky.social and "how the economy feels" for ordinary people this morning on Marketplace. Take a listen. www.marketplace.org

Business News & Economic Stories For Everyone

Marketplace raises the economic intelligence of the country through the unorthodox story, casual conversations and unexpected angles on the news.

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Learn directly from editors at @bloomberg.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @economichardship.bsky.social & more. Fellowship directors will explain how to get funding for an important journalism project. The best way to weather a storm is together.

Great to talk about @economichardship.bsky.social and Bootstrapped, the election and what we can do better. Keep your ears open for EHRP writers who have lived financial struggle going on Marketplace to discuss the economy! www.marketplace.org/2024/12/04/u...

How Donald Trump tapped into the "fiction" of bootstrapping - Marketplace

Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project examines the economic insecurities that Donald Trump played to this election.

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We are making a starter pack of our own!

Randy Rosso@fooddatanerd.com · 2y ago

@economichardship.bsky.social are any other EHRP journalists/writers on BlueSky? I’ve added you, @alissaquart.bsky.social, @deborahjianlee.bsky.social, and @rachelsanoff.bsky.social to my anti-hunger starter pack. I’ll add others as I find them. https://go.bsky.app/MSkhDLD

Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports: www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'

Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

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