Will Real Estate Ever Be Normal Again?
In Austin and cities around the country, prices are skyrocketing, forcing regular people to act like speculators. When will it end?
In Austin and cities around the country, prices are skyrocketing, forcing regular people to act like speculators. When will it end?
For 45 years, , Harmony Audio Video, has been my dad’s life: the reason he left home early every day, the reason he was chronically late to pick me up from school, the reason he didn’t take a single vacation for 25 years.
Francesca Mari The Atlantic Dec 2020 Permalink
How the government enabled the one percent to capitalize on the housing crisis.
Francesca Mari The New York Review of Books May 2020 20min Permalink
A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing?
Francesca Mari The Atlantic May 2020 30min Permalink
Hundreds of thousands of single-family homes are now in the hands of giant companies—squeezing renters for revenue and putting the American dream even further out of reach.
Francesca Mari New York Times Magazine Mar 2020 40min Permalink
A 23-year-old living in Chile was suddenly attacked and buried alive by her roommate. She later learned she wasn’t his first – or last – victim.
Francesca Mari Texas Monthly Jun 2015 45min Permalink
A Texas love story.
Francesca Mari Matter Oct 2015 20min Permalink
Nowadays, the young and privileged view un- and under-paid assistantships as the road to a successful creative career. Are they deluding themselves?
Francesca Mari Dissent Apr 2015 20min Permalink