Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and MLK50. An illustrated explainer of the toll xAI and other toxic facilities have had on South Memphis.

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Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The New Republic. Just a few months ago, AI was an interesting tool for knowledge workers. Now, for many, it’s utterly terrifying.

The post For White-Collar Workers, AI Also Stands for “Apocalyptic Insecurity” first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Cleanup on Aisle Five: Essential Work, Poverty Wages, and the View from Behind the Supermarket Register is available for pre-order now.

The post Ann Larson’s EHRP-Supported Memoir on Grocery Store Labor Earns Starred Review in Publishers Weekly! first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Hammer and Hope. Over a year later, they are struggling to find financial footing and make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them.

The post What Happened to the Black Women Trump Purged From the Federal Work Force? first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Everything Is Political, and Slow Factory. How America’s last frontier reflects the broader unraveling of the United States.

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Woods won for an EHRP-supported story covering migrant deaths in Texas and the families left behind.

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Woods is recognized for two EHRP-supported stories covering migrant deaths in Texas and the families left behind.

The post EHRP Fellow Elliott Woods Named ASME Finalist! first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Current Affairs. The rules say check IDs, refuse the drunk, protect the vulnerable. The incentives say do the opposite. Somebody has to live in that gap.

The post The Paradox Behind the Liquor Counter first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and LA Public Press. They thought their gardens and lawns were lead-free after the state led cleanups at their homes. But the largest environmental clean up of residential properties in California history hasn’t gone according to plan.

The post State Agrees to Retest for Lead at Homes Near Exide Where Cleanups Failed first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Mother Jones. The Best Picture contenders reflect a mad world—and they’re suitably lurid, pulpy, comic, and strange.

The post Class Struggle, But Weird: The Surreal Politics of This Year’s Oscar Nominees first appeared on Economic Hardship Reporting Project.