Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Literary Hub. “Poor people” are “my people” Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has said. In his best-selling 2016 memoir Hillbilly ...
Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and TIME. The American public is talking about “McJobs” again. The conversation about McDonald’s workers has prompted a discussion about the ...
On September 18, 2024, EHRP executive director Alissa Quart spoke with 91.5 KJZZ’s Sam Dingman about JD Vance’s best-selling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Listen to the full conversation here.
All of this has created profound uncertainty as well as an aroma of treachery. Which billionaire media owner will be trusted to stay the course? And how do we, the reporters and editors and readers, ...
EHRP executive director Alissa Quart was quoted in the MarketWatch article, “You’re not upper class in America until you’ve reached this coveted status,” published on October 1, 2024. The article ...
On September 18, 2024, EHRP senior editor Deborah Jian Lee, advisory board member Phillip Martin and reporting fellow Alex Miller discussed our anthology Going for Broke and the economic survival of ...