Eli Hager

Bio

Published in PolicyMic, The Washington Post, Glimmer Train, The Columbia Journal, The Week, and InDigest. MFA in fiction and nonfiction writing from Columbia University; former public school teacher in the Mississippi Delta. I play baseball and blues piano and I live in New York!

Many people in jails still have the right to vote. Coronavirus might rob them of the chance

By Eli Hager

This article was originally published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletter, or follow The Marshall Project on Facebook or Twitter. In the months before prisons…

The Incredible Short-Sightedness Of Education Reform

By Eli Hager

For three decades, the education reform movement has made a heap of well-intentioned proposals. There's the "No Child Left Behind" model, which utilizes standardized testing and the resulting prospect of school takeover (and layoffs), as a way of…

This is the Missing Piece in Every Prison Debate

By Eli Hager

After a week of counting, recounting, and speculation, Bill Thompson conceded to Bill de Blasio in New York City’s relevant mayoral primary. The race was close. The major candidates ran startlingly left-of-center (in this day and age), showing…

Poverty: It's About the Money, Stupid

By Eli Hager

After decades on the sidelines, poverty has worked itself back into the American political conversation. In late July, President Obama availed himself of a campaign-style bus tour (and a 40-minute interview with The New York Times) to focus the…