Bryce Covert

Bryce Covert is a contributing writer at The Nation and an independent journalist who covers the economy. She has written for publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wired, The New Republic, and elsewhere.

A watercolor painting of a municipal building entrance at three different times, with lines of people progressively growing outside its glass doors.

Advantage: Landlords

Bryce Covert

March 31, 2025

Issue no. 78

In New York, many tenants face eviction hearings without a lawyer on their side.

The painting depicts two black women, presumably a mother and her child, strangled in red tape, with a giant white hand hovering over them, holding a first aid box just out of reach.

The Unwinding

Bryce Covert

October 28, 2024

Issue no. 76

This was more than an inconvenience—it was a life-threatening event.

Glitch art of a plume of smoke hovers over a city skyline. On the lefthand side, a column of six jail cells sit atop each other, five of which are occupied with a single person.

Flawed Assessments

Bryce Covert

May 8, 2023

Issue no. 68

Risk assessments don’t tell the story they’re supposed to.

CCTV cameras show images of Starbucks employees whispering into each other’s ears, as though they are colluding.

We Mean Nothing to the Company

Bryce Covert

October 3, 2022

Issue no. 65

Unions are an antidote to the unilateral power of employers.

Comically high supermarket shelves are mostly empty except for a few cans here and there. There’s a shopping cart at the bottom of them with a spilled glass bottle next to it.

Rough and Unready

Bryce Covert

November 1, 2021

Issue no. 60

The pandemic has shined a harsh light through every gaping hole in the tattered American social safety net, which has been deteriorating for decades. People who get sick with Covid still aren’t guaranteed any paid sick leave. Our unemployment insurance program has been ...