Economic Hardship Reporting Project

2 weeks ago | economichardship.org | David F. Bacon

Farmworker Youth Take to the Streets as Deportations and Displacement Threaten Their Parents Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Civil Eats. Santa Maria’s city center, with its gritty mix of old Western-wear stores and chain mall outlets, is the place where the valley’s farmworker marches always start or end.

1 month ago | economichardship.org | Bryce Covert

Housing, Inequality, Living Advantage: Landlords Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. Icy snow crusted the sidewalks outside the Bronx housing courthouse on a Thursday in late January, a bitterly cold day in a string of bitterly cold days. Inside, spread out over three floors, dozens of people in puffy coats, some cradling babies or hunched over canes, waited to find out whether they would be kicked out of their homes or what it would take to stay housed.

2 months ago | economichardship.org | Libby Leonard

“Our [cultural] diets are healthy, but food is expensive, and when it’s expensive, many move away from that diet to something more affordable—and a lot of that affordable food is not healthy for us,” Ching said. In October 2023, KALO HCC published an  about their Portland kalo project, describing how establishing the māla in the continental U.S. connected people to the land, improved their mental health, and created a sense of place for Native Hawaiian community members.

Mar 25, 2025 | economichardship.org | Alissa Quart

Culture, Inequality, Living Why I’m Replacing Doomscrolling With Poetry Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and TIME. The American people are living through a moment of seismic uncertainty and social shocks. One day, our president and vice president scream at a world leader in front of television cameras. Another, the administration docks Columbia University of $400 million in federal funding.

Mar 11, 2025 | economichardship.org | Tim Evans

Health, Housing, Inequality, Living What Harm Reduction Really Looks Like Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation. A few strands of Christmas lights flicker from nearby houses as Shannon Clancy hangs up her phone and gazes through the windshield towards the shadowy, sleepy block ahead. “She’s worried he might lose his leg,” Clancy says. Her voice is gentle and measured, yet subtly weighted with grief.