The Caregiver Who Can’t Afford Health Care
The Caregiver Who Can’t Afford Health Care
Home care worker Joyce Rena Bumbray-Graves spends her days lifting, bathing, and feeding two women unable to care for themselves. One of them is her…
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No More Hustling for Serenity: CorePower Yoga and the Labor of Calm
No More Hustling for Serenity: CorePower Yoga and the Labor of Calm
Inside a CorePower Yoga studio on any given evening, the scene is the same. The lights are dimmed, the room is heated to about 98…
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The Cost of Winning: How One Family Destroyed Pittsburgh’s Print Journalism Ecosystem in Eight Days
The Cost of Winning: How One Family Destroyed Pittsburgh’s Print Journalism Ecosystem in Eight Days
In the span of eight days, a single family decimated Pittsburgh’s print journalism infrastructure. On December 30, Block Communications shuttered the Pittsburgh City Paper, a…
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The Janitors Left to Clean Up America’s Deregulation
The Janitors Left to Clean Up America’s Deregulation
At 2 a.m., the arresting chemical stench hits before the lights come on. The overnight cleaning crew is already inside the Amazon warehouse, past a…
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Teen Vogue’s Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
Teen Vogue’s Closure and the Quiet Defunding of Worker Consciousness
On Monday, November 3, 2025, Teen Vogue’s staff learned their publication was effectively dead. Condé Nast announced the outlet would be “joining Vogue.com, a transition…
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