Allison Salerno is an independent writer and audio producer based in Athens, Ga. and Florida.
 
  
      
          LaborDispatch                  
            
        Here's Why the People Who Pick Our Food Are Going Hungry During Covid
      
                    Historic discrimination has left farmworkers with fewer protections than other workers, a practice known as agricultural exceptionalism.
                          
                      Allison Salerno                  
            
     
  
      
          Dispatch                  
            
        “People’s Eyes Are Starting To Open”: How Covid-19 Is Driving Support for Medicaid Expansion
      
                    In North Carolina, canvassers are working to expand Medicaid—and finding a sympathetic audience amid the pandemic.
                          
                      Allison Salerno                  
            
     
  
      
          Dispatch                  
            
        Activists Sue LaGrange, Georgia, for Denying Water, Gas and Electricity to Undocumented Immigrants
      
                    Without a Social Security number and U.S.-issued photo ID, you can’t get basic utilities in cities across the South.
                          
                      Allison Salerno