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Friday, May 15, 2020
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Coronavirus Could Cost Parents Custody of Kids in Foster Care
By Elizabeth Brico
The pandemic is limiting visitation. That could mean losing parental rights forever.
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“If You Had a Need, You Got Help”: One College President’s Approach Towards Coronavirus
by Marcella Bombardieri
Remote learning requires internet, computers, and enough to eat.
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Criminal Records Create Cycles of Multigenerational Poverty
By Jaboa Lake
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: The collateral consequences of having a criminal record create barriers and restrict opportunities for families across generations — policy solutions must be comprehensive and multigenerational.
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Off-Kilter: Rural America, meet COVID-19
Rebecca sits down with Gbenga Ajilore and Greg Kaufmann for a deep-dive on why many rural communities — and the Black rural south in particular — are extra vulnerable amid the pandemic, and what we can do to ensure they aren’t left behind in our COVID response.
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What We’re Reading
Grave Matters. The pandemic is surrounding us with death and we need to talk about it <[link removed]>. But isolation makes death into a more distant ritual than we're used to <[link removed]>. Finally, a New York funeral home struggles to offer dignity <[link removed]> while coping with an unprecedented number of clients.
Hostile Work Environment. Some employers allow people to borrow against future paid time off, which sounds generous until those staffers have to pay it back <[link removed]> if they leave. Essential workers <[link removed]> are being abused by customers and employers alike. And hospitals have always relied on contract labor, but the recruiting firms involved are getting more aggressive <[link removed]> as they prey on nurses with high debt who are desperate to escape.
Fed Up. One in five people experienced food insecurity in the last month and addressing hunger during the pandemic should start with knowledge based on personal experience <[link removed]>. Small farmers finally have access to disaster loans but some fear it's too little, too late <[link removed]>. And incarcerated people trapped in isolation by coronavirus concerns are eating bagged lunches that look like nightmare fuel <[link removed]>.
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Hunger Crisis
With millions seeking food assistance in the U.S., SNAP and the food bank system are both overwhelmed <[link removed]>. There's an easy way to reduce the load on both: Increase SNAP funding and withdraw rules limiting eligibility so no one has to go to sleep on an empty stomach.
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