Katie McDonough

@kmcdonovgh

Stories from the pandemic unemployed, underemployed, or otherwise put out.

The storm on Congress was extremely goofy and deadly serious. Making sense of it will require some dexterity.

In the face of a nonexistent safety net and bleak future prospects, the F.I.R.E movement and other individualized paths to financial mastery offer a specific brand of fantasy.

Organizers and thinkers on where we are in the major fights of our moment—from prison abolition to climate justice and the housing crisis—and where we go next.

“It’s almost as if we’re guinea pigs in some way.”

Millions of people are in danger of losing a benefit that has kept their heads above water. These are some of their stories.

“The cops at the protest that day wouldn’t make eye contact. They were laughing at one point. I think they think this is funny.”

What does the landmark Supreme Court ruling mean to a country always on the brink of losing it?