Arthur Van Neste

Jeanne is struggling to make ends meet. Her rent, groceries, tuition—the bills are piling up. She’s worried she’ll have to drop out of college. Between her full-time studies and her job, she’s working 65-hour weeks. Yet she thought she’d be eligible for some form of government assistance so she wouldn’t have to work such long hours and neglect her studies. The catch? The government believes Jeanne should be receiving support…

As per a recent study, one in three students suffers from food insecurity. For many, it’s impossible to find housing. Those who are able, through great effort, to make ends meet often do so by incurring years of debt. Choosing to study, to want to learn, is now choosing precarity. This is all without taking into account those who can’t access education, maybe because their rent is too high, or…