schuyler mitchell is a freelance writer, editor, and researcher from north carolina
previously: associate editor and reporter at the intercept
free time: editing criticism for the dry river, writing a newsletter about children’s picture books
based in: brooklyn
environment
+ Vinyl Chloride Industry Keeps Expanding Despite East Palestine Disaster (the intercept, 2024)
+ Garbage In, Toxics Out: They Promised “Advanced Recycling” for Plastics and Delivered Toxic Waste (the intercept, 2023)
+ The Myth of Safe Plastics Persists, Despite Risk of Disasters Like East Palestine (the intercept, 2023)
+ Unproven “Advanced Recycling” Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies (the intercept, 2023)
essays
+ Pinkwashing the Timeline (the baffler, 2024)
+ The Right’s Creeping Pro-Natalist Rhetoric on Abortion and Trans Health Care (the intercept, 2022)
health
+ Ford’s Battery Flagship Socked by Mold Sickness, Workers Say (labor notes, 2024)
+ Clinic Fire Deals Blow to Abortion Access on California-Arizona Border (the intercept, 2023)
+ Ticket to Ride: Ambulance Rides Still Aren’t Protected From Surprise Billing — and Subscriptions Do Little to Help (the intercept, 2022)
+ COVID Conditions Have Improved, but Staffers at This East L.A. Hospital Aren't Letting Down Their Guard (los angeles magazine, 2021)
politics & tech
+ Inside the Nationwide Campaign to Intimidate Students Protesting for Gaza (the intercept, 2023)
+ North Carolina GOP Hides Redistricting Process From State Public Records Law (the intercept, 2023)
+ Meet the Military Contractor Running Fare Collection in New York Subways — and Around the World (the intercept, 2022)
culture
+ How Did L.A. Become a City Without Lesbian Bars? (los angeles magazine, 2020)
+ Roller Skating Isn't Having a 'Resurgence' (los angeles magazine, 2020)
+ They Held on Through the Pandemic, and Now L.A.'s Black-Owned Bookstores Are Thriving (los angeles magazine, 2020)
+ Damon Albarn Takes to the Walt Disney Concert Hall Stage to Play Only US Solo Show of 2022 (consequence, 2022)