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Bryce Covert

Bryce Covert is a contributing writer at The New York Times and also writes for the New Republic, The Nation, and other outlets. She is a recipient of the 2016 Exceptional Merit in Media Award from the National Women’s Political Caucus.

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August 6, 2024
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Why Isn’t the Government Protecting Farm Workers From the Bird Flu?
Four people on dairy farms have contracted the disease, but small farms exist in a regulatory no-man’s-land.
April 8, 2024
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The IRS Finally Cracked the Code on Making Tax Season Suck Less
The Inflation Reduction Act created a pilot program that’s finally given Americans a free and easy way to file their federal taxes with the government, and it’s getting rave reviews.
October 25, 2023
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This Is What Happens When Childcare Is Free
The pandemic opened the door to the potential of eliminating childcare expenses. Now it’s time to take the next step.
January 5, 2023
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Starbucks Workers Are Unionizing. Their Bosses Are Refusing to Bargain.
After a banner year for organizing the retail and service industries, workers are learning a hard truth about labor negotiations.
October 7, 2022
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Restaurant Workers Who Love Tips Are Learning to Love the Minimum Wage Too
Workers in Maine, Michigan, and Washington, D.C., are campaigning to end the disparities between those who earn tips and other jobs.
July 5, 2022
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After the Eviction Moratorium
The long-predicted nationwide wave of lockouts is finally cresting. A report from New York City housing court
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May 10, 2022
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Target Workers Are Joining the Union Wave
Employees at a store in Virginia filed for a union election Tuesday, with more locations potentially to come.
March 8, 2022
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After Two Years of Covid, the U.S. Economy Is Thriving. We Have the Great Recession to Thank.
Unlike in the last economic crisis, the government didn’t hesitate about spending money during the pandemic.
October 12, 2021
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They Gave Black Mothers in Mississippi $1,000 a Month. It Changed Their Lives.
A basic income experiment in the state should teach national Democrats a lesson as they weigh a permanent Child Tax Credit.
August 20, 2021
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The End of “the End of Welfare As We Know It”
We might be witnessing the demise—in uneven fits and starts—of Democrats’ poisonous “reform” thinking. All it took was a global health catastrophe.
May 21, 2021
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Are Democrats Giving Up on the Dream of Universal Childcare?
A quiet split is brewing in the party: Is “better” enough, or is stretching toward a truly accessible, public program the goal? Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden have taken sides.
May 4, 2021
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The Progressive Trio Shaping Biden’s Ambitious Economic Policy
How three combative, unconventional economists forced the president to abandon his neoliberal ways
March 16, 2021
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Why Landlords Target Mothers for Eviction
Mothers are being evicted far more frequently than other Americans. This is the hidden story of America's looming housing crisis.
February 5, 2021
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It’s a Joke to Let Mitt Romney Set the Horizon on Child Poverty
The Utah senator’s plan for a basic income for families is an improvement on what’s out there. It’s also an incredibly narrow vision of what the government can do for the most vulnerable.
November 12, 2020
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New York’s Feckless, Scientifically Illiterate Response to the Covid Second Wave
There is an astonishing gap between what we know about the virus and the policies Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio are proposing.
July 8, 2020
Bryce Covert
Kill the Tipped Minimum Wage
Workers were barely getting by before the pandemic, and the situation has only grown more desperate since then.
April 23, 2020
Bryce Covert
A Lonely Fight Against Sexual Harassment in Tech
Susan Fowler’s memoir is a remarkable record of personal struggle—but shows the problem with trusting the system.
March 11, 2020
Bryce Covert
Can $500 a Month Change Your Life?
A California-based experiment in universal basic income considers the mundane, and potentially transformative, power of a little extra cash.
July 18, 2019
Bryce Covert
We’re Having the Wrong Debate About a $15 Minimum Wage
Will it cost jobs? Maybe. But there are other important questions to ask.
July 2, 2019
Bryce Covert
The Myth of the Welfare Queen
The right turned Linda Taylor into a bogeyman. But her real life was much more complicated.

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