Insecurity
Mental Health Issues Spiked During the Pandemic. Medicaid Isn't Much Help.
In Part 3 of “Insecurity,” we meet Katie Prout, a writer trying to find a job, and mental health care, during the pandemic.
Mona Iskander
Mona Iskander is producer and correspondent of long form newsmagazines and documentaries. Her work has appeared on Netflix, CNN, MSNBC, History Channel, PBS and NPR. Her projects have taken her around the world: the streets of Cairo to report on the civil unrest; Amman to investigate youth unemployment; the far flung atolls of Kiribati in the South Pacific to investigate climate change; and across the United States. Mona is a founding board member of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA), and a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism.
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Insecurity
Ten Years Into the Fight for $15, Workers Are Still Fighting for a Living Wage
In Part 2 of “Insecurity,” we meet Eshawney Gaston, a fast-food worker who joins the wave of labor uprisings sweeping the country during the pandemic.
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How the Endless Paperwork of the Pandemic Kept People From Receiving Benefits
Part 1 of “Insecurity” — stories of Americans falling through the cracks of the safety net during the pandemic.