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Economic Inequality

Media

Indebted

Dave Ramsey, corporate media, and how we talk about financial distress.

Lucy Schiller Columbia Journalism Review Oct 2021 30min Permalink

Politics Food

The Lousy Tippers of the Trump Administration

They were exhausting, impossible, stingy, and cruel, just like at their day jobs.

Moe Tkacik Slate Jan 2021 15min Permalink

Politics Science

Progressive Prophet Naomi Klein Sees The Future. Can It Be Changed?

A profile.

Molly Langmuir Elle Sep 2019 20min Permalink

History Politics

Is Poverty Necessary?

Ideas on labor and capital have remained fixed while the means of production grow ever more alienating.

Marilynne Robinson Harper's May 2019 25min Permalink

Business

Opportunity's Knocks

Tereza Sedgwick trains to become a nurse aid, the fastest-growing job in America. It pays just better than minimum wage and has one of the highest burnout rates of any career.

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Previously: Eli Saslow on the Longform Podcast.

Eli Saslow Washington Post May 2014 Permalink

For Poor, Leap to College Often Ends in a Hard Fall

The story of three friends from Texas and the obstacles they face trying to get a college degree in an age of economic inequality.

Jason DeParle New York Times Dec 2012 20min Permalink