A Black Lives Matter photographer. 

A Broadway performer. 

A podcast host and weed dealer.  

What do they all have in common?

Rain or shine, they’re hustling to find work and earn a living. By any means necessary. 

“Workers” is a collection of nine interviews that paint a portrait of working class America during the global coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

In an ode to Studs Terkel’s “Working,” we asked people why they do what they do, and why their work means so much to them at a time filled with so much uncertainty. 

These are their stories.