Journalist writing about the economy. Contributing writer @thenation. Tips: brycecovert@protonmail.com or on Signal: brycecovert.25 @brycecovert.bsky.social
Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Are you an employee facing unfair or unsafe conditions at work? Have you tried to access a government benefit and been wrongfully denied or run into arbitrary barriers? You can always send me a tip: brycecovert@protonmail.com
A profile of the dads (and one childless dude) behind Tin Can, the viral landline for kids inc.com/bryce-covert/how-tin…
Trump's EEOC is turning away almost everyone who isn't a white man or a cis woman who doesn't like sharing a bathroom with a trans woman thenation.com/article/societ…
New York City could soon force Amazon to directly employ its delivery drivers fastcompany.com/91636778/ama…
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I went to New Mexico to see firsthand what it means for the first state in the country to establish universal childcare: thenation.com/article/societ…
Lyft will pay $272 million to California drivers for misclassifying them as independent contractors from 2016-2020, the largest wage and hour settlement in state history fastcompany.com/91620939/lyf…
A first-of-its kind study finds that New Mexico's universal childcare program dramatically increases low-income mothers' work the74million.org/zero2eight/…
CVS workers, who say they're understaffed and overpaid, are ready to strike capitalandmain.com/understaf…
The Trump administration is doing everything it can to end fair housing enforcement across the country prospect.org/2026/09/02/trum…
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…
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…
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/…
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…
A scoop: The Trump administration is about to release a proposed rule that would all but gut Head Start thenation.com/article/societ…
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…
How the red state of Kentucky pulled off bipartisan legislation investing in childcare the74million.org/zero2eight/…
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…
