Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again
Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.
Feb 8, 2018 / Bryce Covert
When Harassment Is the Price of a Job 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?
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service ‘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.
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
6 Perspectives on the Future of #MeToo 6 Perspectives on the Future of #MeToo
Our writers reflect on how this remarkable moment of accountability can grow and endure.
Dec 13, 2017 / Feature / Jane Fonda, Bryce Covert, Katha Pollitt, Collier Meyerson, Raina Lipsitz, and Joan Walsh
Long Sacrosanct, the Mortgage-Interest Deduction Comes Under Scrutiny 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.
Dec 1, 2017 / Bryce Covert
Ellen Pao’s Step Forward 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.
Nov 3, 2017 / Bryce Covert
The GOP Tax Plan Fails the Children The GOP Tax Plan Fails the Children
By not expanding the Child Tax Credit, Republicans have missed a chance to help every struggling American family.
Oct 20, 2017 / Bryce Covert
Actresses—and Millions of Other Workers—Have No Federal Sexual-Harassment Protections Actresses—and Millions of Other Workers—Have No Federal Sexual-Harassment Protections
This is another reason Harvey Weinstein’s accusers may have kept quiet until now.
Oct 19, 2017 / Bryce Covert
America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail America Is Waking Up to the Injustice of Cash Bail
Seventy percent of people in jail haven’t been convicted of a crime. They just can’t afford bail.
Oct 19, 2017 / Feature / Bryce Covert
Don’t Just Protect Affirmative Action From Trump—Demand More Don’t Just Protect Affirmative Action From Trump—Demand More
Racism’s economic effects are pernicious.
Aug 25, 2017 / Bryce Covert