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Friday, February 21, 2020

How Dollar Stores Sell Low-Income People a Sense of Belonging
by BRANDON A. DORFMAN
They can’t fix your low-paying job, but at least they’ll let you buy name brand toothpaste.

New York’s Salon Workers Are Fighting For Better Conditions—And Winning
by Bryce Covert
Wage theft costs nail artists hundreds of dollars a week.

Promise and Opportunity Deferred
by Rejane Frederick and Guillermo Ortiz
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Reforming the United States’ place-based investment framework is no easy feat, but for the sake of equity, it is well worth the endeavor.

The Child Care Crisis Causes Job Disruptions for More Than 2 Million Parents Each Year
by Cristina Novoa and Steven Jessen-Howard
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Across the country, expensive and limited child care options are causing parents to interrupt their jobs and make other financial sacrifices.

What We’re Reading

Money Talks. Despite legal protections, people don't share their salaries. They should start: It has radical implications for pay equity. And financial inequities can be a jarring discovery for many trans women as they navigate transition and the unexpected costs of passing.

Big Brother Is Watching. Amazon has built an empire on user data. How that data will be used, who will profit, and who will pay for it remain open questions. Some people are voluntarily welcoming surveillance as they participate in police-Nextdoor collaborations, despite the fact that people of color tend to be heavily profiled by the nosy neighbors of Nextdoor.

Vanishing Acts. Reporter Aura Bogado tracked down an immigrant girl held in U.S. custody for seven years, something she describes as a disappearance, not a separation. All the while, her family was waiting for her in the U.S., desperate to find her. Another kind of disappearance: Mackie, an Indigenous woman who has been missing for seven years, is one among thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women in North America.

They Sold Human Beings Here

a public square with a confederate statue

The 1619 Project traveled to the sites of historic slave markets and photographed them , taking note of locations with informational signs and those that are utterly unremarkable, such as stretches of freeway and random intersections. The resulting images are a striking memorial of the millions of enslaved people sold at auctions in the United States.

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