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.

Housing and Homelessness May 24, 2018

The Deep, Uniquely American Roots of Our Affordable-Housing Crisis

Nearly half of all renters can’t afford rent, and over half a million Americans are homeless on any given night. How did we get here?

Bryce Covert
Education April 5, 2018

Oklahoma Teachers Strike for a 4th Day to Protest Rock-Bottom Education Funding

The state legislature has approved an increase in teacher pay, but teachers still haven’t returned to their classrooms, demanding more funding for education in a state that has slashed it dramatically—and paid the price.

Bryce Covert
Education March 29, 2018

No Wonder Teachers Are Saying Enough Is Enough

Public-school teachers around the country have been asked to do more with less.

Bryce Covert
February 15, 2018

Does Monopoly Power Explain Workers’ Stagnant Wages?

As industries get more concentrated, workers have fewer employment options—and less leverage to get a raise.

Bryce Covert
Congress February 8, 2018

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.

Bryce Covert
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Working Conditions February 7, 2018

When Harassment Is the Price of a Job

As decades of activism meet the #MeToo moment, could the food-service industry be poised for sweeping change?

Bryce Covert
Working Conditions February 7, 2018

‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service

Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.

Bryce Covert
Feminism December 13, 2017

6 Perspectives on the Future of #MeToo

Our writers reflect on how this remarkable moment of accountability can grow and endure.

Jane Fonda , Bryce Covert , Katha Pollitt , Collier Meyerson , Raina Lipsitz and Joan Walsh
Inequality December 1, 2017

Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny

But Republicans want to funnel savings to the rich—not renters, who could use the help.

Bryce Covert
Books and Ideas November 3, 2017

Ellen Pao’s Step Forward

In her new memoir, Pao is hesitant to call the slights, offenses, and blockages she faced what they are: harassment and discrimination.

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Housing and Homelessness May 24, 2018

Nearly half of all renters can’t afford rent, and over half a million Americans are homeless on any given night. How did we get here?

Education April 5, 2018

The state legislature has approved an increase in teacher pay, but teachers still haven’t returned to their classrooms, demanding more funding for education in a state that has slashed it dramatically—and paid the price.

Education March 29, 2018

Public-school teachers around the country have been asked to do more with less.

February 15, 2018

As industries get more concentrated, workers have fewer employment options—and less leverage to get a raise.

Congress February 8, 2018

Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.

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

Working Conditions February 7, 2018

As decades of activism meet the #MeToo moment, could the food-service industry be poised for sweeping change?

Working Conditions February 7, 2018

Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.

Feminism December 13, 2017

Our writers reflect on how this remarkable moment of accountability can grow and endure.

Inequality December 1, 2017

But Republicans want to funnel savings to the rich—not renters, who could use the help.

Books and Ideas November 3, 2017

In her new memoir, Pao is hesitant to call the slights, offenses, and blockages she faced what they are: harassment and discrimination.