America’s Teachers Don’t Want Another Trump Term
Project 2025 promises to spell disaster for public education, and not only because of threats to close the Dept. of Education. It's so bad, even student-teachers are canvassing to GOTV.
Rainesford Stauffer
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Rainesford Stauffer is a freelance writer, reporter, and Kentuckian. She’s the author of 'An Ordinary Age' and 'All the Gold Stars.'
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What Guaranteed Income Could Do for Young Americans
With a poverty rate that is steadily increasing among young adults, a monthly stipend of $500 for 18- to 24-year-olds—many of whom are juggling multiple jobs and school—could make a world of difference.
High Schoolers Are Ready to Fix Your School Board
School boards have become the arena for heated political debates, and the kids want a seat at the table.
Collectivism Is the Key to Reshaping the American Workplace
In her new book, Anne Helen Petersen explores the issues with American work identity, and how community over individualism might be the answer to changing our relationship to our jobs.
Once Pandemic Heroes, Teachers Struggle Without Paid Leave
As the pandemic drags into its third calendar year, and its second school year, America’s educators are holding on by a thread.
Hustle Culture Is Grinding Us Down
Opting out of "doing it all" demands something few of us have: a social safety net that guarantees everyone the resources and stability to prioritize living over working.
Telling the Stories of the Climate Crisis
Devi Lockwood’s new book documents the changing planet from the everyday person’s perspective and sheds light on the connective power of Earth and conversation.
Do We Have the Space to Grieve Anymore?
The pandemic ushered in an era of loss. And healing from those losses demands reimagining our social contract to allow for stillness.
Life on the Line: A Q&A with author and journalist Emma Goldberg
Journalist and author Emma Goldberg explores the intensity, frustration, and anguish of the pandemic through the eyes of six rookie doctors in her new book, ‘Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic.’
The Crushing Weight of ‘Sandwich Caregiving’
Caring for aging parents while also raising kids has left Gen X women buried under inescapable emotional and economic responsibilities with little support.