Eyal Press
Eyal Press has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2014 and became a contributing writer in 2023. He has written for the magazine about a range of subjects, including mass incarceration, the abortion conflict, social inequality, labor, and workplace conditions. He is a past recipient of the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism and the author of several books, including “Beautiful Souls,” a study of moral courage, and “Dirty Work,” which won the 2022 Hillman Prize for Book Journalism. He has a Ph.D. in sociology from New York University, is a Puffin fellow at Type Media Center, and was formerly a fellow at the Carnegie Corporation and the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at the New York Public Library.
Can State Supreme Courts Preserve—or Expand—Rights?
With a lopsided conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, progressive activists are seeking legal opportunities in state constitutions.
Biden Is the Most Pro-Labor President Since F.D.R. Will It Matter in November?
The President is winning over union leaders, but not necessarily rank-and-file voters.
The Problem with Defining Antisemitism
Kenneth Stern helped write a definition now endorsed by more than forty countries. Why does he believe it’s causing harm?
Does A.I. Lead Police to Ignore Contradictory Evidence?
Too often, a facial-recognition search represents virtually the entirety of a police investigation.
The Problem with Planned Parenthood
Many abortion providers feel that the organization is too cautious and too corporate—forcing independent clinics to take the biggest risks.
A Fight to Expose the Hidden Human Costs of Incarceration
The law professor Andrea Armstrong is documenting the loss of life inside jails and prisons in Louisiana, the state with the highest in-custody mortality rate.
Trump’s Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers
As Election Day looms, Eugene Scalia, a cunning lawyer committed to dismantling regulation, is weakening one employee protection after another.
A Preventable Cancer Is on the Rise in Alabama
The state’s refusal to expand Medicaid is causing poor women to miss out on lifesaving screenings.
Can State Supreme Courts Preserve—or Expand—Rights?
With a lopsided conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court, progressive activists are seeking legal opportunities in state constitutions.
Biden Is the Most Pro-Labor President Since F.D.R. Will It Matter in November?
The President is winning over union leaders, but not necessarily rank-and-file voters.
The Problem with Defining Antisemitism
Kenneth Stern helped write a definition now endorsed by more than forty countries. Why does he believe it’s causing harm?
Does A.I. Lead Police to Ignore Contradictory Evidence?
Too often, a facial-recognition search represents virtually the entirety of a police investigation.
The Problem with Planned Parenthood
Many abortion providers feel that the organization is too cautious and too corporate—forcing independent clinics to take the biggest risks.
A Fight to Expose the Hidden Human Costs of Incarceration
The law professor Andrea Armstrong is documenting the loss of life inside jails and prisons in Louisiana, the state with the highest in-custody mortality rate.
Trump’s Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers
As Election Day looms, Eugene Scalia, a cunning lawyer committed to dismantling regulation, is weakening one employee protection after another.
A Preventable Cancer Is on the Rise in Alabama
The state’s refusal to expand Medicaid is causing poor women to miss out on lifesaving screenings.