Bryce Covert

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.

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 EconomicsMarch 18, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Marks a Fresh Start in Fighting Poverty

Even as wages have stagnated, Americans have considered poverty to be a personal failing. The American Rescue Plan leaves that behind.

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SocietyFebruary 17, 2021

In Some States, Child Care Workers Won’t Get the Covid Vaccine for Months

Even though child care is vital to the economic recovery, several states aren’t granting child care workers priority access to the vaccine.

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Economic PolicyFebruary 5, 2021

Democrats Need to Make Good on Their Promises

Improving people’s financial well-being is good politics.

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InequalityJanuary 28, 2021

The Trump Administration Gutted the EEOC

An inside account of how Janet Dhillon has hollowed out America’s only workplace civil rights watchdog.

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Economic PolicyDecember 30, 2020

Blame Mitch for the Lack of Federal Relief

Not nearly enough ire has been directed at the Senate majority leader for trying to ensure that any relief package contains a corporate liability shield.

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Economic PolicyNovember 30, 2020

How Monopolies Have Taken Over Our Everyday Lives

Once you put on your “monopoly decoder ring,” David Dayen writes in his new book, you start to see how monopolies influence almost every part of American society.

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SocietyNovember 24, 2020

Despite the CDC’s Eviction Ban, Thousands of Tenants Are Losing Their Homes

Across the country, tenants are finding that the eviction moratorium is riddled with loopholes and ineffectively enforced.

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EconomyOctober 26, 2020

Lack of Paid Leave Makes Our Economy So Fragile: A Q&A With Heather Boushey

The economist predicted that America would be hit harder than our peers by the Covid pandemic because we don’t have national paid leave.

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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.

Ethical EconomicsMarch 18, 2021

Even as wages have stagnated, Americans have considered poverty to be a personal failing. The American Rescue Plan leaves that behind.

SocietyFebruary 17, 2021

Even though child care is vital to the economic recovery, several states aren’t granting child care workers priority access to the vaccine.

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

Economic PolicyFebruary 5, 2021

Improving people’s financial well-being is good politics.

InequalityJanuary 28, 2021

An inside account of how Janet Dhillon has hollowed out America’s only workplace civil rights watchdog.

Economic PolicyDecember 30, 2020

Not nearly enough ire has been directed at the Senate majority leader for trying to ensure that any relief package contains a corporate liability shield.

Economic PolicyNovember 30, 2020

Once you put on your “monopoly decoder ring,” David Dayen writes in his new book, you start to see how monopolies influence almost every part of American society.

SocietyNovember 24, 2020

Across the country, tenants are finding that the eviction moratorium is riddled with loopholes and ineffectively enforced.

EconomyOctober 26, 2020

The economist predicted that America would be hit harder than our peers by the Covid pandemic because we don’t have national paid leave.