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Mary Babic

Former Lead, Stakeholder Engagement

Mary Babic has done communications for Oxfam for several years, producing numerous reports and pieces for the U.S. domestic program.

Previously, she worked for labor unions and progressive nonprofits.

She has degrees from Harvard and Boston University.

More from Mary Babic

writers actors on strike Politics of Poverty

How did we get to “hot strike summer” anyway?

Writers. Actors. Hotel workers. And soon, most likely, Teamsters. It’s the summer of strikes, when hundreds of thousands of unionized workers are flexing their muscle of collective action. Why is this erupting with flash and heat in such a brutal summer?

roofer in heat Politics of Poverty

It's not the heat, it's the inhumanity

Honestly? This is simple. It’s very, very hot outside—much hotter than it used to be, much hotter than it should be—sizzling, scorching, scalding. When it gets this hot, people who have to work outside should be protected with simple measures: shade, water, rest. So why did the state with the highest number of worker heat fatalities just roll back the few flimsy protections it had in place?