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Friday, June 26, 2020

Landlords are Using an Old Financing Trick to Get Around Eviction Freezes
By Justin Garcia
Payment deferment agreements shouldn’t apply during the eviction moratorium. Landlords are trying to use them anyway.

Undocufunds Are Supporting Immigrants When the Government Won’t
By Ray Levy-Uyeda
Now that you’ve heard of mutual aid, let’s talk about community crowd funding for the undocumented people who have been left behind.

Centering the Disability and Aging Communities in Federal Emergency Response Efforts
By Valerie Novack
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: While Congress debates the next move on COVID-19, it should consider whether America is ready to respond to multiple disasters at once — since it will be inevitable when hurricanes strike during an active pandemic.

NASI Ball Award, feat. Darrick Hamilton, Heidi Shierholz, and Jess Bartholow
Rebecca is joined by Darrick Hamilton, Heidi Shierholz, and Jess Bartholow for a special episode of Off-Kilter on poverty and inequality in the age of coronavirus, as part of the National Academy of Social Insurance’s 2020 Robert Ball Award event.

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Pride and Prejudice. Yesterday marked the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Riot, followed a year later by the first Pride parade. It was a tumultuous month for LGBTQ people in America, between multiple murders of Black trans people, a joyous moment at the Supreme Court, a new Trump administration rule that would undermine health care access, and fears about the use of religious exemptions to attack civil rights.

Bold Justice. Bail funds have received unprecedented attention, and funding, in recent weeks, and now face a larger challenge: What’s next? The debate about reparations is also reaching a tipping point, as the United States owes a huge debt to Black Americans and many argue it is time to pay up. And we still owe Breonna Taylor her justice, as this searing profile reminds us.

Under Corona. Eviction protections are expiring and in Texas, landlords aren't waiting. Coronavirus is also underscoring the digital divide, which is not just a rural problem. And a stunning photoessay takes us to the coronavirus night shift in a Texas ICU.

Queers Built This

Found family can be a vital anchor for queer people. The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch in Colorado provides a space for trans people to be themselves — and find their people — amidst the tranquil surroundings of a Colorado alpaca ranch. This queer farming collective represents a small, very soft, slice of utopia in an unstable world.

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