NATALIE FERTIG

Natalie is a freelance policy and politics reporter with a special focus on rural America and working class communities. She is open to both freelance and full-time work.

She previously reported at POLITICO in Washington, D.C., where she covered state governments and drug policy. Her work has appeared in POLITICO Magazine and Rolling Stone, among other publications.

 
 

Recent Work

The World Cup’s biggest policy bet

Seattle’s new mayor vows to move her city’s homeless off its streets by kickoff.

THEY VOTED FOR TRUMP. WILL HE GREENLIGHT THEIR $2B INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT?

The Biden administration awarded more than $50 million to revitalize the port on Oregon’s southwest coast, but Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending have put the project in jeopardy.

LA IS SO FED UP IT MIGHT VOTE FOR SPENCER PRATT

The long-shot reality star isn’t out of the running yet.

 

Magazine

 

THEY VOTED FOR TRUMP. WILL HE GREENLIGHT THEIR $2B INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT?

The Biden administration awarded more than $50 million to revitalize the port on Oregon’s southwest coast, but Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending have put the project in jeopardy.

'Talk about cluster—’: Why legal weed didn’t kill oregon’s black market

Legalization was supposed to take care of the black market. It hasn’t worked out that way.

THIS PROUD LEGAL CITY IS THROWING OUT ITS ENTIRE GOVERNMENT

After a tumultuous four years marked by violent protests and drug decriminalization, Portland is poised for big changes.

 

States

 

Democrats are trouncing Republicans in state elections since Trump took office

Voter turnout in state elections over the last 14 months has Republicans concerned as the midterms approach.

Fees, fines and ordinances: Cities push back against Trump’s immigration enforcement

“Sand in the gears is the best approach that we have found so far,” says one local Portland official

Democrats bet on a ‘Trump slump’ to take back Nevada

National Democrats see incumbent Gov. Joe Lombardo as the top governor to unseat in the midterm elections.

 

Newsletter

 

the democrat who has a clue about what happened on election day

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez ran ahead of Harris in every county in her district by 4 to 7 points. Now she is at the forefront of a handful of lawmakers ready to provide a blueprint for Democrats eager to right what went wrong.

RFK JR’S SURPRISING SUPPORT

Democratic support for some of RFK Jr.’s policies harkens back to a Democratic party of old — one rarely seen these days.

WILL LABOR HAVE A PLACE ON TRUMP’S TEAM?

Former Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer is in the mix to be President-elect Donald Trump’s Labor secretary, a sign of the GOP’s slowly thawing relationship with organized labor.