Jamie Peck
The Guardian
New York, NY, United States
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According to our capitalist overlords, you're broke because you eat lunch
In an article published in USA Today, the newspaper claimed that Americans are indulging in too many ‘nonessential’ expenditures ... like having a midday meal → Read More
Pageant queen's protest at contest's #MeToo joke exposes growing rift
Maude Gorman returned her Miss Plymouth County crown after Miss Massachusetts hosts mocked #MeToo → Read More
Why did Hillary Clinton endorse Cuomo over Cynthia Nixon?
The former presidential candidate is endorsing the New York governor for re-election, choosing a centrist over a progressive woman → Read More
Selling lemonade to save your mother's life? That's American healthcare for you
Some think the story of an 11-year-old desperately raising money on weekends is ‘heart-warming’. It’s really an indictment of all that is wrong with the US → Read More
Declaring war on Cosmo? It feels like we're back in the 1980s
After pressure from a rightwing religious group, Walmart pulled the magazine from its coveted spot in the checkout aisle – to protect the kids, you see → Read More
Don't let corporations co-opt #MeToo
Let entrepreneurs do their watered-down thing, but let’s not forget that the real solution lies within all of us – but only if we work together → Read More
I spoke out about Terry Richardson seven years ago. Why did Condé Nast only ban him now?
This week, Condé Nast International announced they’d not work with the photographer Terry Richardson. It’s about time → Read More
The Women's Convention is worse off without Bernie Sanders
By inviting Bernie Sanders, the Women’s Convention was strengthening its project and appeal. It’s a shame he is no longer going to attend the event → Read More
The 1% are uncomfortable with their wealth. But what good does that do?
In her new book Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence, the rich are conflicted about their power. Here’s what they can do to fix it → Read More
'What Happened' Perfectly Illustrates Why Clinton Lost—Just Not on Purpose
In trying to reckon with her loss, Hillary Clinton doubles down on the same hollow rhetoric and questionable politics that contributed to it. → Read More
The Return of Zola Jesus
A week before the September 8 release of Okovi, her first album in three years, Zola Jesus is thinking about the tensions that animate her... → Read More
When women sign off emails as men, doors open. It's like magic!
A startup duo, Penelope Gazin and Kate Dwyer, wondered if contractors would respect them more if they signed emails as “Keith.” It was like night and day → Read More
A Houston megachurch shut out flood victims. A Twitter storm opened it
Joel Osteen’s church holds 16,000 people, but instead of opening his doors he tweeted out good thoughts. Then he was told: that’s not what Jesus would do → Read More
The miserable reason behind millennials' slow march to the suburbs
Young people are being pushed to out of expensive cities into areas suffering from suburban blight, writes New York-based freelance writer Jamie Peck → Read More
Trump's endless Mar-a-Lago travel is breaking the bank. Here's a solution for him
The president has traveled almost every weekend on ‘working vacations’. If the demands of the job are too much for him, he needn’t stay in office → Read More
Texas Women Will Now Be Forced to Take Out 'Rape Insurance' for Abortion
Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a law banning all insurance coverage for abortion, requiring women to take out separate policies if they want the procedure covered—even in cases of rape, incest, and fatal fetal abnormalities. → Read More
No 'litmus test' on abortion? Shame on the Democrats who support anti-choice candidates
While Hillary Clinton stood firm on the issue during her 2016 election campaign, she also said that ‘of course’ you could be anti-abortion and a feminist → Read More
Jeff Sessions is leading America back into Reefer Madness
The US attorney general is trying to undo the progress made in liberalizing marijuana consumption in the US. This will only lead to more people in jail → Read More
A People’s History of NYC’s Jeopardized Loft Law
As Albany considers amending the landmark affordable housing law, here’s a look back at its creation → Read More
So a Trump-like Caesar was killed on stage. But Republicans spill real blood
The same oligarchs currently pushing through a healthcare bill that will kill more people each year than gun homicides want to cry foul over Shakespeare? → Read More