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Friday, February 28, 2020
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I Broke My Tooth. It Almost Broke the Bank.
by Sarah Lucas
Getting a crown would have cost more than a thousand dollars. So I had it pulled. <[link removed]>
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1 million more Floridians voted for Amendment 4 than Gov. DeSantis. Let’s hear them.
by David Ballard
Us, elsewhere: A court ruled it was unconstitutional to force felons to pay all their financial obligations before allowing them to register to vote. What’s the catch? <[link removed]>
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From Giveaways to Investments
By Zoe Willingham
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Place-based economic development policies must prioritize communities over corporations. <[link removed]>
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Off-Kilter: The Black-White Unemployment Gap
Economist Gbenga Ajilore on the persistence of the black-white unemployment gap. And everything you need to know about the “public charge” rule now that it’s taken effect, with Connie Choi of the Protecting Immigrant Families campaign. <[link removed]>
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What We’re Reading
Inequity and Exclusion. The tech industry is notorious for its treatment of contractors. It's also abusing H-1B workers who generate billions in revenue <[link removed]>. Inequity is on display in high school football <[link removed]>, too, where it can be lethal.
Marx Never Saw This Coming. Work schedules are being determined by algorithms <[link removed]> and robots are running the floor <[link removed]>. Computers are taking over the American workplace, and they're really bad at customer service <[link removed]>.
Money, It's A Gas. Wells Fargo spent 14 years pushing staff to make fake accounts and finally paid the piper <[link removed]>, but the real story is even worse. Speaking of scams, this longread on the LuLaRoe empire <[link removed]> is a grim warning. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos buys a very nice house in Los Angeles with his tax breaks and the Trump budget slashes funding <[link removed]> for housing programs.
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A Shot Before Last Call
These photographs capture the culture and tradition of New Orleans' vanishing Black bars <[link removed]>. While this area close to the French Quarter was once occupied by Black-owned and operated businesses, many echoing the historic lines of segregation, the times are changing as gentrification creeps through the city.
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