🧵From media collapse to labor’s rise: EHRP’s top 10 stories of 2024

Read the winning essay from our "the way we work" contest by @GillianGoodman_, published in collaboration with @readlux and @econhardship!

Our reception will feature a viewing of the photography exhibit and a conversation with Dr. Skye Patrick, LA County Librarian and Director, @DeborahJianLee of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, the exhibit’s artists, and @NDLON https://t.co/oI1Uom8cYQ

The Californians Powering America is an immersive photography exhibit that brings visibility to the immigrant labor force behind California’s most essential industries. https://t.co/oI1Uom8cYQ

📣Los Angeles!📣 You’re Invited to The Californians Powering America Art Exhibit Reception & Program, in collaboration with EHRP, @LACountyLibrary and @MagnumPhotos Visit San Fernando Library on Thursday, October 16 from 6 - 7:30 pm for opening night https://t.co/oI1Uom8cYQ

IMO the "migrant crisis" was a major turning point of Biden's presidency. I went to Denver to figure out what happened there--and to report on the current lives of the Venezuelans who migrated. A collaboration with @econhardship.

Great to partner with @econhardship on this piece, as always!

Andrew Cuomo wants you to think that Zohran Mamdani's housing policies are unrealistic. We dug into it.

On #LaborDay, read some of the labor reporting we do all year: https://t.co/9LxbtEOXMn

On #LaborDay, read some of the labor reporting we do all year: https://t.co/9LxbtEOXMn

“Many people praised me for my bravery for having done this, to which I could only say: Millions of people do this kind of work every day for their entire lives — haven’t you noticed them?” - Barbara Ehrenreich

“You don't need a degree in economics to see that wages are too low and rents too high.” - Barbara Ehrenreich

“Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money.” - Barbara Ehrenreich

“‘Work hard and you'll get ahead’ or ‘It's hard work that got us where we are.’ No one ever said that you could work hard—harder even than you ever thought possible—and still find yourself sinking ever deeper into poverty and debt.” - Barbara Ehrenreich

“To be a member of the working poor is to be an anonymous donor, a nameless benefactor, to everyone else.” - Barbara Ehrenreich

“When someone works for less pay than she can live on—when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently—then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, health, and life.” - Barbara Ehrenreich

“What you don't necessarily realize when you start selling your time by the hour is that what you're really selling is your life.” - Barbara Ehrenreich

Our founder Barbara Ehrenreich was a fierce labor reporter who fought for worker dignity in all she did. On Labor Day—also the third anniversary of her passing—we honor her powerful words on work What’s your favorite Barbara quote? We’ll start: https://t.co/Inl7kkhNP3

Is Labor Day a scam? 🤔 EHRP's NextGen fellow Caitlyn Clark (@lilacisms) explains #LaborDay vs May Day Made with support from our friends at The Puffin Foundation and inspired by @GrimKim's piece for EHRP + @TeenVogue! (Find Caitlyn on TikTok: @/c.a.i.t.l.y.n) Part 1:

every Labor Day while you celebrate the overtime you aren’t getting at the job you don’t have, I celebrate being alive. Read the full poem by @nicetryofficer, co-published by EHRP and @curaffairs