Bryce Covert
Journalist at Freelance
Journalist writing about the economy. Contributing writer @thenation, member @FSP_NWU. @brycecovert.bsky.social she/her
Articles
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1 week ago |
thefern.org | Bryce Covert
In one of the nation's chicken-producing hubs, immigrant workers say their employers offer Band-Aids, ice, and ibuprofen for injuries that are often life-altering By Photography by Shuran Huang The first time I met Alex Paul he wore a stylish patterned shirt and a wide smile.
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1 week ago |
prospect.org | Bryce Covert
At first, everything was normal. Inspire Development Centers, a Head Start program in Washington state, was due for the annual tranche of its five-year federal grant on December 1, but Congress passed just a three-month continuing resolution to keep the government open last September. In November, Inspire only got half its funding, as has happened with past continuing resolutions.
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1 week ago |
progressive.org | Bryce Covert
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Christina Robles had to close her home child care program just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, and let go of half of her staff. With parents continuing to keep children at home, she reopened a month later with just eight enrolled instead of her usual capacity of sixteen, which meant she lost half her income, too. It stayed that way for more than a year. Her saving grace was government help.
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2 weeks ago |
newrepublic.com | Bryce Covert
Dale began his accidental government career at the National Park Service about a decade ago, after signing up as a volunteer. “I didn’t know this was what I wanted to do until I was doing it,” he said. Today, he works for the Bureau of Land Management as an outdoor recreation planner, doing everything from cleaning toilets to working with high schoolers who’ve followed in his volunteer footsteps.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Bryce Covert
Dale began his accidental government career at the National Park Service about a decade ago, after signing up as a volunteer. “I didn’t know this was what I wanted to do until I was doing it,” he said. Today, he works for the Bureau of Land Management as an outdoor recreation planner, doing everything from cleaning toilets to working with high schoolers who’ve followed in his volunteer footsteps.
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