Bryce Covert

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Bryce Covert is a contributor at The Nation and a contributing op-ed writer at The New York Times. Her writing has also appeared in The Washington Post, the New Republic, New York magazine, Slate, and others, and she won a 2016 Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women’s Political Caucus. She has appeared on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, NPR, and other outlets.

Ethical EconomicsSeptember 20, 2021

Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street

Policies to address America’s enormous wealth disparities are now on the political map in a way they weren’t before Occupy Wall Street.

Bryce Covert
Working ConditionsSeptember 3, 2021

The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment

Settlements offer a semblance of justice, but they don’t make victims of sexual harassment whole.

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ActivismAugust 12, 2021

Can Covid Survivors Become a New Political Force?

A new group is fighting to ensure America learns from, rather than forgets, the devastation wrought by the pandemic.

Bryce Covert
Health CareJuly 16, 2021

Imagining a Better Way to Grow Old in America

If Americans approached aging and disability not as an individual crisis but as a collective responsibility, what kind of safety net could we build?

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SocietyJuly 1, 2021

Medicaid Work Requirements Appear to Be Dead

The Biden administration is not letting them go into effect while it has a say.

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JobsJune 10, 2021

There Is No Crisis of Laziness

Republicans seem determined to make workers so financially desperate that they’ll labor for whatever pay employers deign to offer.

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Labor OrganizingMay 17, 2021

How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won

As the debate over in-person schooling roiled, teachers’ unions secured significant protections—often with parents’ support.

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EconomyApril 20, 2021

Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?

During the Covid pandemic, American workers had access to guaranteed paid leave for the first time in history. Advocates say now is the time for paid leave for all.

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EconomicsApril 15, 2021

How to Get 4 Million Women Back in the Workforce

Wendy Chun-Hoon, the new head of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, talks about how the Biden administration should seize this moment to prevent women from being locked out of the labor force for good.

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LaborMarch 23, 2021

The Most Harmful Trump-Era EEOC Rule Faces a Congressional Challenge

The rule made it more difficult for victims of discrimination to pursue justice and weakened the commission’s ability to root out discrimination.

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Ethical EconomicsSeptember 20, 2021

Policies to address America’s enormous wealth disparities are now on the political map in a way they weren’t before Occupy Wall Street.

Working ConditionsSeptember 3, 2021

Settlements offer a semblance of justice, but they don’t make victims of sexual harassment whole.

ActivismAugust 12, 2021

A new group is fighting to ensure America learns from, rather than forgets, the devastation wrought by the pandemic.

Health CareJuly 16, 2021

If Americans approached aging and disability not as an individual crisis but as a collective responsibility, what kind of safety net could we build?

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

SocietyJuly 1, 2021

The Biden administration is not letting them go into effect while it has a say.

JobsJune 10, 2021

Republicans seem determined to make workers so financially desperate that they’ll labor for whatever pay employers deign to offer.

Labor OrganizingMay 17, 2021

As the debate over in-person schooling roiled, teachers’ unions secured significant protections­—often with parents’ support.

EconomyApril 20, 2021

During the Covid pandemic, American workers had access to guaranteed paid leave for the first time in history. Advocates say now is the time for paid leave for all.

EconomicsApril 15, 2021

Wendy Chun-Hoon, the new head of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor, talks about how the Biden administration should seize this moment to prevent women from being locked out of the labor force for good.

LaborMarch 23, 2021

The rule made it more difficult for victims of discrimination to pursue justice and weakened the commission’s ability to root out discrimination.

As the debate over in-person schooling roiled, teachers’ unions secured significant protections—often with parents’ support.