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A new article from Prof. Alex Vitale and Prof. William Lopez in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
@truthout.org
@alexvitale.bsky.social
@economichardship.bsky.social
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@alexvitale.bsky.social
@economichardship.bsky.social
Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICE’s Deportation Machine
Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster Trump’s deportation agenda.
truthout.org
June 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A new article from Prof. Alex Vitale and Prof. William Lopez in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
@truthout.org
@alexvitale.bsky.social
@economichardship.bsky.social
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@alexvitale.bsky.social
@economichardship.bsky.social
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My latest w @wdlopez.bsky.social. Thanks to @truthout.org and @economichardship.bsky.social for their support of our efforts.
A new article from Prof. Alex Vitale and Prof. William Lopez in collaboration with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
@truthout.org
@alexvitale.bsky.social
@economichardship.bsky.social
@truthout.org
@alexvitale.bsky.social
@economichardship.bsky.social
Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICE’s Deportation Machine
Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster Trump’s deportation agenda.
truthout.org
June 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My latest w @wdlopez.bsky.social. Thanks to @truthout.org and @economichardship.bsky.social for their support of our efforts.
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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...
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.
www.marketplace.org
January 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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...
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...
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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...
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.
www.thenation.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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...
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...
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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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January 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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...
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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...
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...
economichardship.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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...
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...
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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...
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.
www.philanthropy.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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...
www.philanthropy.com/commons/char...
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December 1, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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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-...
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.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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We are making a starter pack of our own!
@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
https://go.bsky.app/MSkhDLD
N America Anti-Hunger/Food Justice Starter Pack
Join the conversation
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December 10, 2024 at 10:15 PM
We are making a starter pack of our own!
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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...
@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.
www.marketplace.org
December 5, 2024 at 4:31 PM
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...
@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...
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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.
December 4, 2024 at 7:51 PM
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.
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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
"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.
www.marketplace.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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
"how the economy feels" for ordinary people
this morning on Marketplace. Take a listen.
www.marketplace.org
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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.
www.thenation.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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...