This Is America

07.05.20

The New York Times Book Review

This Is America Happy 4th of July? As the country convulses through simultaneous social, political and identity crises alongside the largest public health crisis in decades, it isn't difficult to understand citizens' reluctance to engage in an otherwise expected celebration of all things U.S.A. right now. On the other hand, all of the agitation, protestation and questioning of norms are what has always made America legitimately great. In the interest of celebrating the struggle and the idea of a country we're all still working toward this year, here is an issue's worth of national knotted entanglements: autocracy, plutocracy, demagoguery, cold wars, beautiful walls, voter suppression, the satirical view and, very occasionally, even freedom.

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Sinking Feeling

04.30.20

The Washington Post

I clung to the middle class as I aged. The pandemic pulled me under. Older Americans are about to learn how hard it is to stay afloat.

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American Poison

04.07.20

The New York Times Book Review

How Racism is Destroying America Eduardo Porter’s “American Poison” details the long legacy of racism and inequality in the United States.

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We Have Never Been Middle Class

11.14.19

Verso Books

We Have Never Been Middle Class by Hadas Weiss. Cover for Verso Books.

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HR

06.25.19

The Atlantic

The Problem With HR  For 30 years, we’ve trusted Human Resources departments to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment. How’s that working out?

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