Venessa Wong is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
BuzzFeed News is looking to speak with teens around the country about what sex ed is and what they wish they were learning instead.
Millions of women left the workforce during the pandemic. Many of them are back and confront the same problems that drove them out in the first place.
The number of people experiencing homelessness in the US was rising even before the pandemic disrupted housing and work circumstances for many more — with no clear solutions in sight.
People overwhelmingly quit jobs due to low pay, new research shows about people who left their jobs in 2021.
“Language should never be a barrier to critical information that could save lives,” New York Attorney General Letitia James wrote in a letter to federal officials.
As a growing number of intense storms batters the country, more Americans are at risk of losing everything as high rents push tenants below ground.
BuzzFeed News is looking for stories both from women who left the workforce and decided to stay out, and women who eventually returned to work.
I have done my part to prevent the pandemic from spiraling out of control — it didn’t matter. What more can you ask of us?
If your housing situation has been impacted by a wildfire, hurricane, storm, flood, or another climate-related natural disaster, BuzzFeed News would like to hear your story.
Low-wage workers in Chinese immigrant communities often lack access to the social safety nets intended to help people living in poverty — in part because of “model minority” stereotypes. Since the pandemic began, it's had disastrous consequences in New York City.
Millions of women left the workforce during the pandemic. Many of them are back and confront the same problems that drove them out in the first place.
Over the last few months, BuzzFeed News spoke with six people around the country, in a diverse set of circumstances, to see what life on roughly $75,000 looks like today.
BuzzFeed News is looking to speak with teens around the country about what sex ed is and what they wish they were learning instead.
I’m deeply self-conscious when other people notice my careful spending. But my family has come a long way to give me what I have and so I've learned to embrace my thriftiness.
The property owners have signed up to list 4,000 apartments through a new platform enabling "short-term rental services for an entire building."
The company believes people want all sorts of water.
A head-scratching look back at Adam Neumann, who made WeWork's mission "to elevate the world’s consciousness," as he steps down as CEO.
Low-wage workers in Chinese immigrant communities often lack access to the social safety nets intended to help people living in poverty — in part because of “model minority” stereotypes. Since the pandemic began, it's had disastrous consequences in New York City.
For anyone tired of tales of visionary young CEOs, here's one old man's meandering journey to discovering his greatest talent: He could sell the hell out of fried chicken.