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A photo essay about LA under siege by ICE, plus our Ford Foundation BUILD grant makes news ...

The Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) produces quality journalism about—and often by—Americans who are experiencing economic injustice. We support independent journalists so they can create ...

Co-published with Teen Vogue and Lux Magazine. A far-right attack on North Idaho College, a popular community college, reveals a blueprint for destroying higher ed.

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. In NYC eviction courts, many tenants are deprived of lawyers despite the city’s right-to-counsel policies.

In the fast-food industry, worker stress is built into the system by design. The more unnatural and unsustainable the pace, the greater the corporate profits.

Co-published with The Nation. Psychedelic-assisted therapies have been hailed as the wave of the future. What if most people can’t afford them?

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Civil Eats. A Native Hawaiian community in the Pacific Northwest grows taro (kalo) for health and well-being, to connect with their ancient ...

Co-published with Civil Eats. By paying top dollar for milk and sourcing within 15 miles of its creamery, Jasper Hill supports an entire community.

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Literary Hub. “Poor people” are “my people” Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has said. In his best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project’s James Ledbetter Fund and The Guardian. When I got the chance to attend a conservative, evangelical high school in rural Iowa, I was ecstatic. My ...

Co-published with Christian Century. Yet their extensive efforts go largely unseen outside their communities.