I’m Putting My Body On the Line for Twelve Dollars An Hour.

If essential workers are heroes, why don’t they pay us like it?

Lauren Elizabeth

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Photo via Macau on Unsplash

Since the early days of March, the medical director of the nursing home where I work was warning our administrators that it was a matter of if, not when the deadly and incredibly contagious coronavirus entered the facility. In the weeks that have followed no…

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Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx