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My section at The New Republic, Sold Short, launched in June 2020, just three months after the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. As the virus spread across the United States, life changed in radically different ways for millions of people. We’ve tried to take a wide lens to the crisis in our coverage of the frontline workers organizing for access to personal protective equipment, the millions who lost their jobs and had to navigate the maze of our unemployment system, the people left behind in the stimulus because of their immigration status, the billionaires enriching themselves as their employees became sick and died, and the elected officials who have failed in every conceivable way to meet the urgency of the moment.

So many of these stories ended up being about work—people struggling against unsafe conditions, long hours, low pay—or its absence—losing income, health insurance, and the capacity to take care of themselves and their loved ones. With this in mind, my team and I started the new year with a monthlong series, “Work Sucks”—an exploration of how work defines, and often limits, our lives; of how we work, why we work, and when we might stop. We’re exceptionally proud of these stories, and just as grateful for support like yours that ensures we can continue to put out rigorous, uncompromising content like this series:

The Essential Worker Strike Wave

The Age of the Disappearing Boss

Unemployment Nation

The Long Plot to Escape From Work

Please help us keep it up—the wide-ranging essays, hard-hitting investigations, and other explorations of how we live—by supporting this team of incredible, independent journalists.

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Katie McDonough, editor of TNR’s Sold Short

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