Happy New Year from the Burgh, where we are celebrating the inauguration of Lula for his 3rd term as President. Yesterday, I spent the day…
Folks, The Holidays are a tough time for self-employed labor reporters. Editors take off for vacation during the holidays, and no freelance assignments are assigned….
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where Payday is beginning to wind down for the holiday season. Donate to Holiday FUN Fund Holiday seasons without freelance…
Greetings from the Burgh, where I’m getting ready to go to a bossa nova happy hour at Casa Brasil, a local Brazilian restaurant, and club…
Greetings from the Burgh, where I am getting back into the swing of things after being sick for the last week. The transition from 90…
Folks, Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where I am wrapping up my last week here. I plan to tour a favela, an occupation by homeless…
Greetings from Rio, where I am slowly getting back on my feet after dealing with a respiratory infection last week. $340 to Payroll Goal with…
Folks, Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where Payday is camping out till after the Thanksgiving holiday collecting material for more articles and a long-form project. …
Folks, Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where the city is mourning legendary singer Gal Costa who died at age 77 on Wednesday. In Costa’s last…
Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where the TV news has been playing extended segments on the latest coming from America’s elections. One interesting point is…
Folks, Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where it appears that fascists are quite literally being driven away from the roadblocks they set up to pressure…
Folks, Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, where Payday plans to keep reporting over the next two weeks in Brazil before returning to Pittsburgh on November…