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Friday, August 9, 2019

I Worked at Capital One. Hacks Like This Are Most Dangerous for Low-Income People.
by Elena Botella
Low-income customers are least able to recover from financial disasters created by database breaches.

Back-To-School Tax Holidays Are A Scam
by Pat Garofalo
Instead of forgiving sales tax, fund schools.

From our partner, the Center for American Progress: 3 Ways to Improve Outcomes for African Americans in the Rural South
by Olugbenga Ajilore
When politicians talk about rural America, they seem to only focus on white residents.

August Conversations
Alex Lawson on why he co-founded We Act Radio, Off-Kilter’s anchor station; how progressives shifted the Overton Window on Social Security expansion; and why he likes to dress as a corporate pirate.

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What We’re Reading

Hostile Workplaces. Workers at Amazon warehouses engage in small acts of resistance as they're constantly surveilled and monitored, one woman is fighting back against rampant sexism in the oil industry, and the Trump administration is making chemical facilities far more dangerous.

Charm City Forever. How a century of explicitly racist policies hurt Baltimore and the people who live there.

Farmed Out. Meet a family of farmers in Minnesota struggling to stay afloat amid the administration's trade war.

Submerged

These photos document the fact that 550,000 acres of rural Mississippi were flooded for months, and residents there feel no one cares.

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