Bryce Covert

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Bryce Covert is a contributing writer at The Nation and was a 2023 Reporter in Residence at Omidyar Network.

Dear Hanna Rosin: I’m Doing Fine! Love, the Patriarchy Dear Hanna Rosin: I’m Doing Fine! Love, the Patriarchy

The End of Men’s prediction of an American matriarchy fails to define what that would actually entail.

Oct 2, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bryce Covert

A Gaffe Is When a Republican Tells the Truth A Gaffe Is When a Republican Tells the Truth

This campaign season has been extremely instructional—about what the Republican Party really thinks.

Sep 25, 2012 / Bryce Covert

How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal How Paul Ryan Would Decimate the New Deal

Ryan wouldn’t just slash Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. He would fundamentally alter how those programs work.

Sep 12, 2012 / Mike Konczal and Bryce Covert

Clinton Touts Welfare Reform. Here’s How It Failed. Clinton Touts Welfare Reform. Here’s How It Failed.

Clinton may be explainer-in-chief, but he left out the gaping hole welfare reform has made in the safety net.

Sep 6, 2012 / Bryce Covert

A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy? A Middle-Class or Minimum-Wage Matriarchy?

If women really do become this country’s breadwinners, it’ll likely mean more families slip from the middle class.

Sep 6, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Middle-Class Secretaries Are Being Pushed Into Minimum Wage Work Middle-Class Secretaries Are Being Pushed Into Minimum Wage Work

Pink-collar jobs have been decimated right alongside declining blue-collar work.

Sep 4, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Women Backslide in Retail Jobs, Losing Yet Another Foothold in the New Economy Women Backslide in Retail Jobs, Losing Yet Another Foothold in the New Economy

It’ll be hard for women to win the future if they keep losing ground on their own turf.

Aug 27, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Can We All Just Get Along and Solve the Gender Wage Gap? Can We All Just Get Along and Solve the Gender Wage Gap?

National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru and I take our debate to real time.

Aug 24, 2012 / Bryce Covert

For Some Women, Discrimination Prevents Return to Work For Some Women, Discrimination Prevents Return to Work

The myth that husbands need to be breadwinners is keeping some women from sharing equally in the recovery.

Aug 21, 2012 / Bryce Covert

Yes, Virginia, There Is a Gender Wage Gap Yes, Virginia, There Is a Gender Wage Gap

If only the gender wage gap weren’t caused by discrimination. But the data says otherwise.

Aug 15, 2012 / Bryce Covert

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