Michelle Chen
The Guardian
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Michelle:
‘She could have been your mother’: anti-Asian racism a year after Atlanta spa shootings
The spa shootings in Georgia killed six Asian women but as a community tries to heal, hate incidents are on the rise → Read More
Why Prisons Are Banning Letters
The loss of paper mail and the shift to private electronic communications platforms can isolate incarcerated individuals. → Read More
Why Shouldn’t the People Own the Banks?
A municipally chartered public bank would not be beholden to the often predatory commercial banking sector. → Read More
Child Care Should Be Universal and Well-Paid
The pandemic has made a child care overhaul both more challenging and more necessary. → Read More
Reopening Isn’t Enough — Child Care System Must Be Transformed, Providers Say
Child care providers who struggled in the pandemic are asking for economic relief and recognition as essential workers. → Read More
The Other Epidemic Killing Americans
People are dying at record rates from opioid overdoses, and harm reduction advocates are asking the Biden administration to overhaul how it deals with the crisis. → Read More
How Covid-19 Supercharged a Foster System Crisis
Parents are losing their kids as they struggle to navigate bureaucracies upended by the pandemic. → Read More
For Some Workers, Schools Never Closed
Amid the pandemic, frontline education workers are shouldering crucial responsibilities. → Read More
This Amazon Grocery Runner Has Risked Her Job to Fight for Better Safety Measures
Courtenay Brown knows she could be on the streets if she loses her job at an Amazon Fresh unit. She’s speaking out about scant Covid-19 safety measures and lack of workplace benefits anyway. → Read More
The Amazon Delivery Service Worker Who’d Finally Seen Enough
As a driver for an Amazon subcontractor, Frank Chavez encountered unsanitary conditions—including bottles of his coworkers’ urine. Now he’s standing up for his rights. → Read More
Meet the Warehouse Worker Who Took On Amazon Over Inhumane Conditions and Harassment
Hibaq Mohamed organized her community in a fight against Amazon, protesting working conditions at a fulfillment center with one of the highest rates of injury. → Read More
Trump’s National Labor Relations Board Is Sabotaging Its Own Mission
The federal agency that’s supposed to protect union rights is instead championing the interests of bosses. → Read More
Disaster Looms as the Coronavirus Disrupts the Garment Supply Chain
Fashion brands are sticking suppliers and workers with unpaid bills. → Read More
How to Save the Restaurant Workforce From Being Casualties of The Covid-19 Crisis
In an interview, One Fair Wage President Saru Jayaraman explains that the post-Covid future offers two possible directions for restaurant workers—dignity or poverty. → Read More
Workers Fight for Their Lives
The spontaneous rebellion of low-wage workers exposed to Covid-19. → Read More
Workers Fight for Their Lives
The spontaneous rebellion of low-wage workers exposed to Covid-19. → Read More
Will the Pandemic Lead to Better Treatment for Drug Users?
Harm reduction advocates hope new emergency rules for medication-assisted treatment will foster broader reforms after the Covid crisis. → Read More
Your Rent or Your Life
The pandemic is forcing workers to make impossible choices. → Read More
Construction Work Was Already Dangerous. Coronavirus Is Making It Worse.
Deemed "essential," workers in hard hats are reporting for duty even as the pandemic spreads. → Read More
Trump Wants to Gut Crucial Environmental Regulation
Rolling back the National Environmental Policy Act would prevent the public from learning about the consequences of massive construction projects. → Read More