Alissa Quart
Author, 'Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America'
Alissa Quart is the executive editor of the journalism non-profit Economic Hardship Reporting Project. She co-founded its current incarnation with Barbara Ehrenreich. She is also the author of four previous acclaimed books, Branded, Republic of Outsiders, Hothouse Kids, and the poetry book Monetized. Her most recent book is Squeezed.
This economy has us in survival mode, stressing out our bodies and minds.
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Economic necessity and growing isolation are making some middle-class families try coparenting, explains author Alissa Quart.
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Sky-high rent, second jobs, and wealth-worshipping 1% TV shows—journalist Alissa Quart explains how the American dream became a dystopia, and why it’s so hard for middle-class Americans to get by.
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