Bryce Covert - In These Times

Bryce Covert is an independent journalist writing about the economy. She is a reporter in residence at the Omidyar Network and a contributing writer at The Nation. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Time Magazine, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, Wired, the New Republic, Slate and others. She won a 2016 Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women’s Political Caucus and the John Swett Merit Certificate from the California Teachers Association in both 2019 and 2022. She has appeared on ABC, CBS, MSNBC, NPR and other outlets.

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What It's Like to Have an Abortion Denied by Dobbs

Dobbs will throw many lives into disarray. Lationna Halbert’s is one of the first.

The Latest Argument Against Abortion Rights: It's Not Hard to Be a Working Mom

Experts and working moms blast the absurdity of this key argument being used to take down abortion rights.

The $250 Difference: A Lifeline for Working Families May Disappear this December

Most U.S. welfare programs are either targeted or means-tested — the Child Tax Credit breaks this mold.

"Band Aid Over a Bullet Wound": Moratorium Leaves Organizers Relieved, But Braced for New Battles

Activists sound a note of cautious celebration, but say far more is needed to address this country's staggering housing crisis.

Philadelphia Just Passed the Strongest Fair Scheduling Law in the Nation

Why We Should Take Weight Discrimination Seriously As a Workers’ Rights Issue

Why Labor Is Holding Its Applause for Michigan’s Latest “Workers’ Rights” Measures

Southern Cities Are Passing Paid Sick Leave—But Republicans Won’t Let Them Have It

A Nationwide Campaign to Take Back Cities From the Corporations That Rule Them

Why 50,000 Las Vegas Workers Are on the Verge of Striking

Serfdom in the Magic Kingdom: Disney Workers Rise Up Against Poverty Wages

The happiest place on earth pays so little that some of its workers are homeless.

The VA Is the Closest Thing We Have to Single Payer. Now Trump Wants to Privatize It.

Amid a Fast-Food Industry Plagued By Sexual Harassment, This Mother and Daughter Said “No More”

Trump’s Jobs Claims in His State of the Union Speech Simply Don’t Add Up

Houston Is Being Rebuilt on a Foundation of Wage Theft

The exploitation after the storm.

Carrier Workers Are Livid After Facing Layoffs Despite Trump’s Promises

White Lawmakers Are Using Alabama’s Racist State Constitution To Keep Black Wages Down

Alabama wrote its 1901 constitution to “establish white supremacy.” Workers in a majority-black city say it’s Jim Crow all over again.