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Emily Stewart

Emily Stewart

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Emily Stewart

    Explainers
    Why housing prices aren’t dropping in the pandemicWhy housing prices aren’t dropping in the pandemic
    Explainers

    The housing market isn’t collapsing.

    By Emily Stewart
    Technology
    Trump’s Twitter tantrum is a distraction for everyone — including himselfTrump’s Twitter tantrum is a distraction for everyone — including himself
    Technology

    100,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus, and Trump is worried about a fact-check on Twitter.

    By Emily Stewart
    Explainers
    You can’t turn the economy back on like a light switchYou can’t turn the economy back on like a light switch
    Explainers

    Magical thinking on the economy won’t make things the way they were before.

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    Women are burned out at work and at homeWomen are burned out at work and at home
    Politics

    Sheryl Sandberg on the “double-double shift” women are working during the coronavirus.

    By Emily Stewart
    Companies are giving essential workers bullshit rewards
    Money

    Jeans before masks, cookies before sneeze guards: Corporate America is failing workers during the pandemic.

    By Emily Stewart
    Politics
    America risks doing too little, not too much, to save the economyAmerica risks doing too little, not too much, to save the economy
    Politics

    Two months into the thick of the coronavirus crisis, Washington haggles as the economy craters.

    By Emily Stewart
    The American unemployment system is broken by design
    Politics

    Millions of Americans have discovered an ugly truth about unemployment.

    By Emily Stewart
    Covid-19
    The economic crisis exacerbates how much we undervalue women’s workThe economic crisis exacerbates how much we undervalue women’s work
    Covid-19

    Women and people of color were already at a disadvantage — then the pandemic hit.

    By Emily Stewart
    Covid-19
    Essential workers still lack basic safety protections on the jobEssential workers still lack basic safety protections on the job
    Covid-19

    Many essential workers didn’t sign up for this — and they say they’re still not being protected.

    By Emily Stewart
    Explainers
    The economy is in free fall. So why isn’t the stock market?The economy is in free fall. So why isn’t the stock market?
    Explainers

    Everything is bad, and yet somehow the stock market is good.

    By Emily Stewart