"Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it."
"In debt for most of her adult life, Ms Rogers would enter her flat each day and avoid eye contact with her mailbox, unable to bear the mound of letters demanding she pay her bills. Some of them were marked red, meaning urgent, and they would typically only get opened when her mother came around and made her do so. The pressure was relentless, and with each unpaid bill, anxiety piled up."
The Independent sends journalists to cover major US issues and relies on reader donations to fund field reporting while keeping content free of paywalls. Donations enable investigations into topics ranging from Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC finances to documentaries about American women fighting for reproductive rights. A profile of Lucy Rogers describes how ADHD and chronic debt left her avoiding bills and urgent letters, depending on her mother to open mail. Escalating direct debits and repeated loans trapped her in a cycle of mounting anxiety and impaired daily functioning.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]