Economic Hardship Reporting Project

1 month 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.

1 month ago | 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.

2 months ago | 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.

2 months ago | economichardship.org | Elliott Woods

A Deadly Passage Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Texas Monthly and Food & Environment Reporting Network. More than two years after the worst immigration-related disaster in American history, smugglers involved in the deaths of 53 migrants are set to stand trial. We spent weeks reporting in Latin America and discovered that for the families of the victims, justice in American courts means little, and in some cases, the tragedy isn’t enough to deter their own journey north.

2 months ago | economichardship.org | Alissa Quart

America Needs a Working-Class Media Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Columbia Journalism Review. In the seven years Kaia Sand published Street Roots, an outlet that serves unhoused people in Portland, Oregon, she would often find herself unsettled by how more mainstream publications covered the lives of poorer Americans.