Omicron and Inequality Omicron and Inequality
Gregg Gonsalves on the new variant, plus Gary Younge on Josephine Baker.
Dec 2, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home Jen Fitzgerald: A Poet Without a Home
As the pandemic closed down New York City, Fitzgerald found her daughter and herself priced out of a place to live.
Nov 15, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
John Koopman: Stars and Stripes and Strip Clubs John Koopman: Stars and Stripes and Strip Clubs
How a war correspondent found himself bouncing rowdy customers at a strip club—and what came next.
Nov 8, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Cancel Bail Debt, Abolish Student Debt: Astra Taylor Cancel Bail Debt, Abolish Student Debt: Astra Taylor
Plus Adam Shatz on John Coltrane.
Nov 4, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
There’s a Term for the Avalanche of Paperwork We All Deal With There’s a Term for the Avalanche of Paperwork We All Deal With
When Lisa Ventura’s father needed help filing for unemployment, she got an overload of what experts call “administrative burden.”
Nov 1, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register I Spent a Pandemic Behind a Grocery Store Cash Register
Ann Larson, a pandemic-era grocery store clerk and social critic, is determined to make visible how workers like her really live and think.
Oct 25, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story A Veteran Journalist Finds Himself the Center of the Story
How did Ray Suarez end up jobless and worrying about how he was going to pay his dental bills?
Oct 18, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused When Sleep Deprivation Compounds the Struggle of Being Unhoused
Lori Yearwood hadn’t thought much about sleep—until she found herself homeless, and unable to catch a wink.
Oct 18, 2021 / Audio / The Nation and Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians Biden’s Disastrous Deportation of Haitians
Amy Wilentz on the situation at the border, plus Ruth Milkman and Stephanie Luce on Occupy Wall Street 10 years after.
Sep 23, 2021 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Introducing “Going for Broke,” Our Latest Podcast Introducing “Going for Broke,” Our Latest Podcast
Subscribe today to learn more about the new show from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation, launching October 18.
Sep 14, 2021 / Audio / Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation