Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and High Country News. How Chinese migrant workers in the Southwest fell through the cracks of justice systems — and fought back.

The post The Weed Industry’s Trafficked Workforce first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Everything Is Political. Battling for the highway's future.

The post How Autonomous Trucks Are Eroding the American Middle Class first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, the Hechinger Report and the Nation. In Milwaukee, a child’s blood test is often the first housing inspection.

The post How children became this city’s lead detectors first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Mother Jones. The wave of booing aimed at AI-pilled commencement speakers signals a sea change in public opinion.

The post College Grads Are Rejecting AI En Masse first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Nation. Worker protections have been rolled back at the federal level—and good luck trying to secure workers’ comp.

The post Injured Retail Employees Are Being Screwed at Every Turn first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Documented. Undocumented dairy workers say they face fear and lost wages at New York farms.

The post New York Dairy Workers Push for Better Protections Under New Bill first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Stranger's Guide.The grim reality of service work — and one photographer’s act of resistance against it.

The post The Gig Economy first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Stranger's Guide. My mother migrated to New York City to pursue her dream of a new American life

The post Women of Color in 9 to 5 America first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Stranger's Guide. Documenting the daily arrests made by ICE agents at immigration courts in Downtown Manhattan.

The post In the Name of the Law first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Stranger's Guide, as told to Leslie Nguyen-Okwu. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. But what happens in my car? That really stays in my car.

The post It Stays in the Car first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.