Journalist writing about the economy. Contributing writer @thenation. Tips: brycecovert@protonmail.com or on Signal: brycecovert.25 @brycecovert.bsky.social
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CVS workers, who say they're understaffed and overpaid, are ready to strike capitalandmain.com/understaf…
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The Trump administration is doing everything it can to end fair housing enforcement across the country prospect.org/2026/09/02/trum…
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The EEOC just inked a sweetheart deal with an ultra conservative Christian employer group that will live on past the current administration theintercept.com/2026/09/01/…
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Trump's proposed Head Start rule deletes all the standards that help homeless families enroll their children. The result would be a huge drop in homeless children attending the program. thenation.com/article/societ…
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Public grocery stores could transform the market by offering a public option that challenges entrenched monopolies. But that's not what the leaders of major US cities are doing. rosalux.nyc/public-supermark…
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The Trump administration is fining immigrants up to $1.8 million but the immigrants have no way to pay what they owe theintercept.com/2026/08/20/…
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Paid family leave helps dads take just as much leave to be with their new babies as moms the74million.org/zero2eight/…
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Trump wants to deregulate Head Start out of existence thenation.com/article/politi…
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Millions of Americans have lost ACA marketplace coverage after Republicans refused to extend premium subsidies. Here are some of the people forgoing care and coverage in the aftermath: thenation.com/article/politi…
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A scoop: The Trump administration is about to release a proposed rule that would all but gut Head Start thenation.com/article/societ…
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Trans residents of Kansas are still dealing with the financial fallout of one of the country's most draconian anti-trans bills newrepublic.com/article/2124…
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How the red state of Kentucky pulled off bipartisan legislation investing in childcare the74million.org/zero2eight/…
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A Manhattan Bright Horizons childcare center was charged with horrific child abuse. The root of the problem goes back to the company's very business model. thecut.com/article/bright-ho…
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There's a direct line between government cuts from the Trump administration and the explosion of the diarrhea lettuce outbreak bonappetit.com/story/cyclosp…
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There is no right to a lawyer in immigration court talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a…
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After Republicans passed the biggest cut to food stamps in history millions have lost access thenation.com/article/econom…
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Joe Manchin singlehandedly killed Democrats' bill to alleviate financial insecurity, and then Trump won nybooks.com/articles/2026/07…
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Trump's EEOC wants to delete a decades-old affirmative action rule theintercept.com/2026/06/16/…
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The number of childcare centers actually declined for the first time in many years the74million.org/zero2eight/…
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The ICE occupation of Minnesota may have died down, but the economic hardship for residents who had to hide in their homes or who lost work is only compounding prospect.org/2026/06/10/ice-…
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