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Friday, August 23, 2019

The Next Recession Will Be Harder Than It Needs to Be. Here’s Why.
by Pat Garofalo
The administration has spent years slashed programs that could help when a recession hits.

The Government Spends 10 Times More on Foster Care and Adoption Than Reuniting Families
by Elizabeth Brico
Benefits meant to help low-income families are paying for their separation.

After 400 Years: Systematic Inequality in America
From our partner, the Center for American Progress:
This series examines the impact of structural racism on present-day outcomes for people of color, 400 years after the first slave ship landed in the United States.

August conversations: Rick Smith and Joe Sandberg
Rick Smith shares the story behind his talk show, and talks about his life as a union truck driver when he isn't on the air. Plus: Joe Sandberg, a millionaire-turned-EITC-expert on why he founded Working Hero Action.

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What We’re Reading

Great Techspectations. What happens when the “happiest company in tech” struggles to make good on its mission to “don't be evil,” and Silicon Valley billionaires try to find their consciences (in an ultra-exclusive resort setting, of course).

Fines and Fees. Two stellar features from Governing dive into business closures that are decimating property tax revenues, and the fines that many small towns are imposing on citizens to fill in budget gaps.

The Cost of Care. Hospitals are suing patients at such high rates that people are referring to their court dates as "follow-up appointments," and an in-depth profile on home health care work.

The 1619 Project

The collection of investigative reporting, essays, poetry, and photography packaged into the New York Times Magazine’s most recent project has been dominating media discussions this week, and with good reason. It teases out connections between the past and the present that are often ignored, tracing the ways everything from our health care system to traffic jams are tied to our history of slavery and discrimination.

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