A Backpack and a Futon
COST OF LIVING · LABOR · PUBLIC FINANCE
July 23, 2025
The landlord’s text landed at 2:47
a.m. sharp: Rent’s late again.
Friday, or I’m listing it. Sandy…
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The Cost of No Care
PUBLIC HEALTH · HEALTH INSURANCE · CONGRESS
July 21, 2025
A 17 percent tariff on imported
medicines has sharply increased drug
prices, straining pharmacies and…
The Cable Snapped First
WHITE HOUSE · PUBLIC FINANCE · UNITED STATES
July 19, 2025
A 60-year-old cable failure beneath
Boston Harbor left 465 passengers
stranded on a Blue Line train,
highlighting.
The Strawberries Died First
IMMIGRATION · LABOR · AGRICULTURE
July 15, 2025
A surge in ICE raids has drastically
reduced the immigrant farmworker
population, leaving many U.S. crops…
The Bill Comes Due
COST OF LIVING · INFLATION · TRADE
July 11, 2025
Rising tariffs and the
implementation of HR1 have increased
living costs for many American…
Surviving AI
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · LABOR · BUSINESS
July 9, 2025
Artificial intelligence is rapidly
displacing workers in predictable,
repeatable roles, with tens of…
The Billionaire Takes All
POLITICAL POWER · WHITE HOUSE · LABOR
July 2, 2025
A private call between the Treasury
Secretary and an unnamed billionaire
preceded the White House’s removal…
A Working Earth, a Decent
Life: What Maine’s Climate
Plan Looks Like…
CLIMATE POLICY · CLEAN ENERGY · LABOR
June 28, 2025
A Working Earth, a Decent Life: What
Maine’s Climate Plan Looks Like From
the Job Site
It was 93 degrees in Lewiston the
day Ray Arsenault realized the mill
job was never coming back. The
building was still there—hollowed
out, windows bricked, weeds through…
I’m a New Yorker
CAMPAIGNS · STATE POLITICS · DEMOCRATS
June 27, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born son
of Indian immigrants, leads the 2025
Democratic primary for New York
City.