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Katya Schwenk

Katya is a journalist based in Phoenix, Arizona. Her reporting and essays have appeared in The Intercept, the Baffler, the American Prospect, and elsewhere.

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FAA chief Steve Dickson walks out of a Boeing 737 MAX, after concluding a test flight. MAX planes have again been grounded.

Business

How Boeing Bought Washington

Katya Schwenk, Freddy Brewster, Lucy Dean Stockton

A gaping hole where a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner as it was departing Portland International Airport

Transportation

Boeing Supplier Ignored Warnings Of “Excessive Amount Of Defects,” Former Employees Allege

Katya Schwenk, David Sirota, Lucy Dean Stockton, Joel Warner

Hotel workers march to demand better wages Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

You Love To See It

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: New Year, New Wages

Katya Schwenk

Travelers wait in line for service at the Southwest Airlines counter at Denver International Airport in 2022.

You Love To See It

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Southwest To Pay Up For Holiday Meltdown

Katya Schwenk

Supreme Court

Billionaire Gifts To Thomas: Generosity Or Taxable Income?

Freddy Brewster, Lucy Dean Stockton, Katya Schwenk

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on prescription drug costs on Aug. 29, 2023

You Love To See It

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: White House To Slash Drug Prices

Katya Schwenk

A methane digester at the New Hope Dairy in Galt, California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

You Love To See It

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Farewell, Methane

Katya Schwenk

An electronic monitor bracelet is placed on a person’s ankle & the back of an ICE officer.

National Politics

Private Prison Firms Set To Cash In On Immigrant Surveillance Boom

Katya Schwenk

Evell Meade, left, and Mitch Mitchell carry a solar panel into a doctor’s office in Williamson, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner)

You Love To See It

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Mining Towns Get Clean Energy Boost

Katya Schwenk

You Love To See It

YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Here Come The Solar Canals

Katya Schwenk