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deborahjianlee.bsky.social @deborahjianlee.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

It was an honor to play a part in this project supported by @economichardship.bsky.social in partnership w/ @magnumphotos.bsky.social, featuring their amazing photographers, published by @capitalandmain.bsky.social and on display at two exhibitions at LA County libraries through March!

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

My latest w @wdlopez.bsky.social. Thanks to @truthout.org and @economichardship.bsky.social for their support of our efforts.

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Ann Larson @annlarson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I was briefly on @marketplace.org this morning talking about how people who sell groceries can't afford to buy them. The low-wage service economy gets so little coverage in national media. Thanks to @economichardship.bsky.social for the support. www.marketplace.org/2025/01/23/w...

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What it was like to work at a grocery store during peak COVID - Marketplace

Writer Ann Larson spent a year working as a cashier at a big-name grocery store at the height of the pandemic.

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Ann Larson @annlarson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Tech overlords are in the supermarket. If you are suspicious of store automation as a shopper, wait til you see what workers say. My latest in @thenation.com (w/ support from @economichardship.bsky.social) shows how electronic price tags are the latest scam. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought

New technology is not just making shopping more challenging for workers and consumers—it’s poised to rip off the most vulnerable.

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Economic Hardship Reporting Project @economichardship.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

LA Should Requisition Empty Housing for Fire Victims If that sounds far-fetched, it’s only because property law seems more real to us than moral law. But what’s really hard to defend is sending 10K households in search of shelter while padlocking every door. economichardship.org/2025/02/la-r...

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LA Should Requisition Empty Housing for Fire Victims - Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Jacobin. Luxury housing sits empty all over Los Angeles while average city residents displaced by the recent fires are struggling to find new ho...

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Bobbi Dempsey @bobbidempsey.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Thankful for @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for publishing my essay on how people seeking assistance from nonprofits often feel pressure to "perform their pain." Also grateful to @economichardship.bsky.social for supporting this piece (and my work in general). www.philanthropy.com/commons/char...

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I Was Poor and Ashamed. But That Wasn’t Enough for Charities

As a young girl, the author found nonprofits often stereotyped her family. Now, as a journalist, she reports on how they can do better.

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Economic Hardship Reporting Project @economichardship.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Our aim is to humanize inequality. Our writers and photographers, some of whom may be on the brink of poverty themselves, report intimate, uplifting and sometimes shocking stories. Subscribe to our newsletter so you never miss anything: economichardship.org/subscribe/

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 30/11/2024

Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports: www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

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Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'

Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

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Economic Hardship Reporting Project @economichardship.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We are making a starter pack of our own!

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Alissa Quart @alissaquart.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Great to talk about @economichardship.bsky.social and Bootstrapped, the election and what we can do better. Keep your ears open for EHRP writers who have lived financial struggle going on Marketplace to discuss the economy! www.marketplace.org/2024/12/04/u...

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How Donald Trump tapped into the "fiction" of bootstrapping - Marketplace

Alissa Quart of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project examines the economic insecurities that Donald Trump played to this election.

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Damon Brown @browndamon.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Learn directly from editors at @bloomberg.com @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @economichardship.bsky.social & more. Fellowship directors will explain how to get funding for an important journalism project. The best way to weather a storm is together.

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