Op-eds and Essays
For academic writings, visit the Papers page.

Inequalities on the Digital Campus
Dissent
Alice Quach and Victor Tan Chen

Cooperatives can make economies more resilient to crises like COVID-19
Fortune
Katherine K. Chen and Victor Tan Chen

The Second Phase of Unemployment Will Be Harsher
The Atlantic
Victor Tan Chen and Ofer Sharone

Meritocracy’s Casualties
Dissent

Adulting While Poor
Dissent

America, Home of the Transactional Marriage
The Atlantic

Are Campus Activists Too Dogmatic?
The Atlantic

The Spiritual Crisis of the Modern Economy
The Atlantic

Living in an Extreme Meritocracy Is Exhausting
The Atlantic
Other Selected Writings
- The Pain Behind the Pennsylvania Primary, Zócalo Public Square
- No full-time worker should live in poverty, Newsday
- Hate the Game, Contexts
- Some Sociological Inspiration, Orgtheory
- The Journalist and the Ethnographer, Orgtheory
- To Anonymize, or Not to Anonymize, Orgtheory
- The Page 99 Test, Campaign for the American Reader
- Debunking the myth of self-made success, Zócalo Public Square
Other Selected Interviews
Central Time
Interview by Rob Ferrett, Wisconsin Public Radio
Virginia Public Radio: Census Data Suggests Gap Between the Rich and Poor Varies Across Virginia and Proposed Cuts to SNAP Benefits Could Hit Rural Virginia Especially Hard
By Michael Pope

Think
Interview by Krys Boyd, KERA, Dallas (NPR affiliate)
Central Time
Interview by Veronica Ruekert, Wisconsin Public Radio

New Books Network
Interview by CUNY’s Richard Ocejo
Virginia Public Radio: Food Stamps in Virginia: A Look at the Numbers
By Michael Pope
8News Investigates: Food stamp fraud
Interview by Kerri O’Brien, 8News (ABC affiliate), Richmond, Virginia
The Joy Cardin Show
Interview by Joy Cardin, Wisconsin Public Radio
Viewpoints
By Gary Price
America’s Work Force Radio
Interview by Ed “Flash” Ferenc
The David Pakman Show
Interview by David Pakman (segment begins at 30:25)
- The Peter B. Collins Show
- The Matt Townsend Show, BYUradio, Provo, Utah
- The Voice of the People, interview by Tony Trupiano, BlogTalkRadio (segments begin at 30:00), August 10, 2015, August 3, 2015, July 27, 2015, July 20, 2015
- The Rick Smith Show (video), Carlisle, Pennsylvania
- Stateside with Cynthia Canty, Michigan Radio, Ann Arbor, Michigan (NPR affiliate)
- 8 O’Clock Buzz, interview by Jan Miyasaki, WORT FM, Madison, Wisconsin
- The Matthew Filipowicz Show (video), Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- The Progressive Forum, KPFT 90.1 FM, Houston, Texas
- The Joe Show, KBAI 930 AM, Bellingham, Washington
- The Peter Werbe Show, WRIF 101, Detroit
- UComm Radio with Kris LaGrange, WABC, New York (segment begins at 25:23)
- The Union Edge (segment begins at 7:15)
- Equal Time Radio, interview by Traven Leyshon, WDEV, Vermont
- Conversations LIVE with Cyrus Webb, BlogTalkRadio
- The Frankie Boyer Show, BizTalkRadio
- IdeaSphere, interview by Guy Rathbun, KCBX, San Luis Obispo, California (NPR affiliate)



