The New Symbols of Our Crisis The New Symbols of Our Crisis
A photographer’s diary in the time of coronavirus.
Apr 6, 2020 / no-paywall / Rola Khayyat, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
Your Rent or Your Life Your Rent or Your Life
The pandemic is forcing workers to make impossible choices.
Apr 3, 2020 / no-paywall / Michelle Chen
Underpaid, Ignored, and Essential: A Coronavirus Sketchbook Underpaid, Ignored, and Essential: A Coronavirus Sketchbook
Drawing the workers who cannot stay home.
Apr 3, 2020 / Editorial / Molly Crabapple
‘Our Lives Are Worth More Than Packages’ ‘Our Lives Are Worth More Than Packages’
In one Amazon facility, management waited three shifts before telling employees one at a time that a coworker had tested positive for Covid-19.
Apr 2, 2020 / no-paywall / Alan Maass
Trump’s Cuts to Food Stamps Almost Made the Pandemic Worse Trump’s Cuts to Food Stamps Almost Made the Pandemic Worse
Advocates halted changes, set to go into effect today, that would have left nearly a million US residents hungry.
Apr 1, 2020 / Arvind Dilawar
Out From Under ‘the Economy’ Out From Under ‘the Economy’
Covid-19 proves we can’t conflate the market’s health with workers’ well-being.
Mar 30, 2020 / Sheetal Chhabria and Aparna Gopalan
Working Behind the Scenes in the Pandemic Working Behind the Scenes in the Pandemic
A visual diary of the invisible workforce keeping our economy moving during this crisis.
Mar 30, 2020 / Photo Essay / Peter van Agtmael, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
The Postal Service Is Breaking Down The Postal Service Is Breaking Down
Covid-19 has already begun to take its toll on the overextended USPS workforce.
Mar 27, 2020 / no-paywall / Jake Bittle
If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works If Sanitation Workers Don’t Work, Nothing Works
Meet the men and women risking illness to keep New York’s streets clean.
Mar 27, 2020 / Ross Barkan
‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis ‘Horror Story After Horror Story’: A Frontline Nurse Discusses the Crisis
Zenei Cortez, a nurse and union leader, says not giving medical workers protective gear is like giving a firefighter a squirt gun.
Mar 26, 2020 / no-paywall / Sarah Jaffe