Alissa Quart
The Guardian
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Past articles by Alissa:
A national bullying of the poor: the trouble with America’s bootstrapping myth
Centuries of American thought support a hypocritical ideology that can be difficult to escape even when we want to → Read More
Bootstrapping Has Always Been A Myth. The New American Dream Proves It
Relentless individualism has been part of America's ethos. Not anymore, writes Alissa Quart. → Read More
Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich, Acid Wit and Workers' Champion
A remembrance of writer and moral force Barbara Ehrenreich → Read More
Before the Capitol Attack, There Were the Abortion Wars
The mood, the tactics, and some of the faces were familiar. → Read More
The Pandemic Is the Perfect Time for a Parents Revolution
Parents are scrambling to sort out child care. What if they had a massive lobby in D.C. looking out for their needs? → Read More
Who Has Enough Cash to Get Through the Coronavirus Crisis?
Most American adults don’t have enough emergency savings to cover three months of expenses. How will we get through the pandemic? → Read More
Eliminating Child Poverty With a Government Check
In “Invisible Americans,” the veteran journalist Jeff Madrick lays out a simple solution to child poverty, a condition that affects 17.5 percent of this country’s kids. → Read More
Elizabeth Warren Has a Poet on Her Team. Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea.
Political rhetoric has gotten dull and empathy fatigue has set in. A more creative communication approach can combat that. → Read More
Elizabeth Warren Has a Poet on Her Team. Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea.
Political rhetoric has gotten dull and empathy fatigue has set in. A more creative communication approach can combat that. → Read More
The Con of the Side Hustle
The language portraying second jobs as liberating or glamorous masks the reality of the insecure working lives of many Americans. → Read More
Middle-Class Shame Will Decide Where America Is Headed
Who can appeal to the people who feel the most like they’ve gotten a raw deal? → Read More
Professors are selling their plasma to pay bills. Let's hold colleges' feet to the fire
If you like your coffee ‘Fair Trade’, why not your children’s school ‘Fair Labor’? Here’s a simple but effective proposal → Read More
Hysterical surrealism? A pop culture for our age of economic insecurity
Income inequality has spawned a new subgenre of art – less dystopian than manic and absurd → Read More
#MeToo's hidden activists? Working-class women
Janitors and fast-food workers, not celebrities, are ground zero of the #MeToo movement. Time to shift the focus to them → Read More
Do you have student debt? There's a reality TV show for that
Paid Off, a gameshow that pays off increments of contestants’ student loans for each correct answer, joins a growing ecology of films and TV shows about debt → Read More
How Americans Are Getting 'Squeezed' By High Cost Of Living
Millions of Americans who are in the middle class feel like they're on shaky economic ground, author Alissa Quart tells Here & Now's Lisa Mullins. → Read More
Are You a 'Surplus Human'? These Are the Jobs Robots Are Coming After Next
Author Alissa Quart explores what jobs and industries are the biggest threat to automation and robots - and how to fight back. → Read More
The Snake Oil of the Second-Act Industry
How much would you pay to reinvent your life? → Read More
There's a reason why you can't afford to live in America
In this extract of her new book, Guardian columnist Alissa Quart explains how the middle class faces a uniquely American predicament: being ‘squeezed’ economically and psychologically → Read More
Go fund yourself: crowdfunding is now an essential part of America's safety net
In the past, local activists may have turned to elected officials to raise funds, but now they rely on crowdfunding sites to pay for basics – including school lunches → Read More