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Friday, April 10, 2020
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One Way to Fight Coronavirus: End Cash Bail
by MARLON PETERSON
450,000 people who haven’t been convicted of a crime are held in jail every day. COVID-19 might kill them. <[link removed]>
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Food Banks Are Struggling to Meet Demand During Coronavirus Crisis
by DAVID BALLARD
Congress still hasn't expanded SNAP, so food banks are being forced to serve as our first line of defense. <[link removed]>
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A Deadly Poverty Trap: Asset Limits in the Time of the Coronavirus
By Azza Altiraifi
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: As the economic and public health crises caused by COVID-19 intensify, lawmakers must act now to eliminate or raise asset limits so that people with disabilities are not trapped in poverty. <[link removed]>
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Off-Kilter: A Portrait of Disaster
To make sense of unemployment figures — and understand the policy response we need — Rebecca talks with Heidi Shierholz, director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the Department of Labor under President Obama. <[link removed]>
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What We’re Reading
Getting Organized. Lack of national paid sick leave has some workers risking their lives and those of their loved ones to go to work <[link removed]>. Within workplaces, contract or employee status <[link removed]> can mean the difference between promised benefits, and nothing. The story of a battle to raise wages <[link removed]> for airline workers hints at effective organizing strategies for the future.
It's The Inequality. Low-income people were struggling before <[link removed]> the pandemic. Now, coronavirus has left them hanging by a thread. These inequalities are on sharp display in areas with transient wealthy populations like the Hamptons <[link removed]>, where class tensions are breeding frustrations. And the rise of coronavirus has been followed by a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes <[link removed]>.
All Systems Down. When America needed decisive action, it was trapped in systemic failures <[link removed]> that left the nation scrambling to keep up with the coronavirus. The United States has a disaster relief system designed for moments like this one but it's not working <[link removed]>. That's a familiar experience for Puerto Rico <[link removed]>, which was already suffering under colonialism before coronavirus made landfall.
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Death Magick Abundance
A new book <[link removed]> features the vibrant, diverse, and beautiful faces of New Orleans. It includes not just images like this one, but also oral histories from participants, with stories as rich and complex as their portraits.
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