Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Commonweal.“I was an unhoused veteran. A chance friendship helped ...

In a recent piece for EHRP/Barn Raiser, Michelle Polizzi reflects on the lasting psychological impact of her family’s housing insecurity during the 2008 recession and explores how current federal ...

Co-published by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project/Puffin Foundation and The Intercept. As the Trump administration ramps up its anti-immigrant campaign, activists like Ron Gochez of Unión Del ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and TIME. As this year’s Labor Day approaches, I remember my late grandmother. She worked her whole life in her and my grandfather’s small shoe ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Nonprofit Quarterly. An organizing conversation often features an “ask,” a question encouraging a fellow worker to commit to some form of ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and WHYY, the Commonwealth Fund, The Carter Center, and the Mesa Refuge. “I closed the door! I closed the door!” Amy Franco shouted repeatedly from ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian. Rebecca Renard-Wilson has stopped shopping at Target and all things Amazon including Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh. These days, the ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Barn Raiser. When I was 17, my dad filled a box truck with all of our family’s belongings—including most of the house’s furniture—and drove away ...

The Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) announces a transformative $1.65 million investment from the Ford Foundation through its select Building Institutions and Networks (BUILD) program. The ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Baffler. Icy snow crusted the sidewalks outside the Bronx housing courthouse on a Thursday in late January, a bitterly cold day in a string ...

Co-published by Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Civil Eats. In the Kumulipo, the Hawaiian creation story, the goddess Ho‘ohōkūkalani gives birth to a stillborn son, who is buried in the ...