Samantha Melamed
Debt-Ridden and Desperate, America's Adjuncts Are Attempting to Unionize
Part-time professors say that they struggle to earn a living wage, often have to take second jobs, and are sometimes just a canceled class away from real poverty.
Deceased Native American Athlete Jim Thorpe Is Big Business in Small Towns
It’s been a century since Jim Thorpe won his Olympic medals, and half as long since he died. But in the town in Pennsylvania coal country that, for 50 years, has borne the name of the most celebrated Native American athlete ever, his birthday is still...
The Homeless Forest Dwellers of New Jersey
Tent City is a patch of forest where anyone can live for free. Some people love living there without heat or electricity. But others—like the leaders of Lakewood, New Jersey—want to drop a bomb on it.
