Society— Feature
The Night Shift at Meridian Care
Overnight staffing in residential care is decided by a formula almost nobody outside the sector has read. Veyra spent five nights inside one home to see what the formula produces.
Society Desk
Society
Work, care, money, belief, and belonging. Veyra covers the institutions that shape a life from the vantage point of the people who have to live inside them.
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Society— Report
What a Rent Ledger Remembers
One cooperative’s handwritten rent ledger, unbroken since 1991, records what statistical series miss: who fell behind, who covered them, and how often.
Society— Feature
The Union That Started as a Group Chat
A rider organization built entirely on messaging apps won its first agreement in eight months. Institutionalizing it has taken three years and cost it something.
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Who files for Society
Inés Marchetti
Founded Veyra in 2016 and still edits the longest stories.
Adeyemi Oduya
Runs the East Africa desk and the magazine’s standards process.
Priya Raghunathan
Reports on housing, heat, and how dense places stay livable.
Culture Editor
Marguerite Okonkwo
Edits the culture section and writes the monthly essay.
The Dispatch
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Not a digest. One piece from the archive or the week ahead, with a note from the editor on why it was worth the reporting time.