schuyler mitchell is a writer, editor, and researcher from north carolina
currently: columnist at truthout + researcher at business insider
previously: associate editor and reporter at the intercept, freelance fact-checker for the drift, capital & main, the fine print, and more
based in: brooklyn
selected reporting
environment
+ As Harris Rejects Fracking Ban, Will Anyone Listen to What Pennsylvanians Want? (truthout, 2024)
This piece was republished in Jacobin.
+ Vinyl Chloride Industry Keeps Expanding Despite East Palestine Disaster (the intercept, 2024)
+ US Finally Agrees to Back Limits on Plastic Production. Here’s Why That Matters. (truthout, 2024)
+ DNC Climate Panels Offered Empty Rhetoric Instead of Specific Plans (truthout, 2024)
+ The EPA Is Mandating Removal of Lead Pipes. What Will Replace Them? (truthout, 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)
I was interviewed about my reporting on WBAI-FM’s Green Street News.
+ Unproven “Advanced Recycling” Facilities Have Received Millions in Public Subsidies (the intercept, 2023)
prisons, protests, policing
+ Hurricane-Struck North Carolina Prisoners Were Locked in Cells With Their Own Feces for Nearly a Week (the intercept, 2024)
+ In 2024 Platform, Democrats Lurch Right on Policing and Immigration (truthout, 2024)
+ North Carolina GOP Is Trying to Corner Prosecutors Into Charging Protesters (truthout, 2024)
+ Inside the Nationwide Campaign to Intimidate Students Protesting for Gaza (the intercept, 2023)
labor
+ Hit Hard by Hurricane Helene, Georgia’s Immigrant Farmworkers Struggle to Get Aid (truthout, 2024)
+ Ford’s Battery Flagship Socked by Mold Sickness, Workers Say (labor notes, 2024)
+ Amazon Union Effort in North Carolina Is Latest Attempt to Organize the South (truthout, 2024)
+ Unionized Rideshare Drivers Vow Future Strikes After Jamming Nashville Airport (truthout, 2024)
health
+ Universal Health Care Was Big on the 2020 Democratic Platform. Where Is It Now? (truthout, 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)
trans rights
+ Pinkwashing the Timeline (the baffler, 2024)
I was interviewed about this piece by Emma Vigeland on The Majority Report
+ Instead of Ignoring Trans Rights at DNC, Dems Should’ve Vowed to Protect Them (truthout, 2024)
+ The Right’s Creeping Pro-Natalist Rhetoric on Abortion and Trans Health Care (the intercept, 2022)
technology
+ Meet the Military Contractor Running Fare Collection in New York Subways — and Around the World (the intercept, 2022)
culture
+ Froyomonium (dirt, 2024)
+ 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)
+ Damon Albarn Takes to the Walt Disney Concert Hall Stage to Play Only US Solo Show of 2022 (consequence, 2022)