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Author Archives: Sarah Mirk

Digital Engagement Producer

Sarah Mirk (she/her) is a digital engagement producer for Reveal. Since 2017, she has worked as an editor at The Nib, an online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays and memoirs about current affairs. She works with artists to create nonfiction comics on a variety of complex topics, from personal narratives about queer identities to examinations of overlooked history. Before that, Mirk was the online editor of national feminist media outlet Bitch, a podcast host and a local news reporter. She is also the author of several books, including “Year of Zines,” a collection of 100 handmade zines, and “Guantanamo Voices,” a collection of illustrated oral histories of the world’s most infamous prison. Mirk is based in Portland, Oregon.

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Posted inLabor

Minor league pay

by Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson March 27, 2021March 29, 2021

The baseball industry created an entire workforce exempt from being paid minimum wage and overtime – and players aren’t the only ones crying foul.

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Posted inUncategorized

Policing pregnancy

by Emily Harris, Taki Telonidis, Brett Simpson, Byard Duncan, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Najib Aminy, Al Letson and Claire Mullen December 19, 2020March 2, 2021

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, states could set abortion rules. Some already push the boundaries of patient privacy and shift civil rights to fetuses.

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Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘No matter what we did, we just couldn’t catch up.’

by Anjali Kamat, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 31, 2020August 31, 2020

An ER doctor in New York City shares his experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic: “I don’t think we’ve had time to process what’s happened to us.”

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘What everyone shares is the desire to shelter in place in a safe haven.’

by Trey Bundy, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

As part of our comics series about inequality amid the pandemic, a realtor in the Hamptons reflects on how COVID-19 has changed the meaning of home.

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘We have always been able to say goodbye to those who have left this life.’

by Chris Harland-Dunaway, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 17, 2020August 17, 2020

A funeral director in South Carolina shares what it’s like to plan socially distanced funerals.

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘We’re not treated like people. We’re numbers.’

by Will Evans, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 10, 2020August 17, 2020

This comic shares the experiences of someone working in Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘I have to be out there. They’re killing us.’

by Anjali Kamat, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

“Even though I don’t wanna die from COVID-19, I’d rather die fighting for a cause trying to save people’s lives.”

Posted inCOVID-19, In/Vulnerable

‘A lot of us feel we are living in a state of tyranny.’

by Thi Bui, David Ritsher, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

Part of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.

Posted inCOVID-19, In/Vulnerable

‘I was forced to drive across the country during a pandemic just to get health care.’

by Thi Bui, Amanda Pike and Sarah Mirk July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

A Texas woman seeking an abortion asks: “Why is my life not important enough to the governor and the other men making these decisions?”

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘We’re building luxury bunkers.’

by David Ritsher, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike July 13, 2020October 22, 2020

“We were actually the first company to build a quote unquote luxury bunker. The first quarter of 2020 I saw a 2,000% increase in the amount of inquiries.”

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