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Friday, July 10, 2020

Poor Legal Clients Are Finally Getting a Break in New York
By Sierra Dickey
A new rule allows attorneys to provide low-income clients with cash upfront, making it easier for them to hold out for bigger payouts.

Why Are SNAP Benefits So Confusing That Even Social Workers Can’t Figure Them Out?
By Elena Gormley
When threatened with the loss of her SNAP benefits, this social work student couldn’t get a straight answer.

How Child Care Disruptions Hurt Parents of Color Most
By Cristina Novoa
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Black and multiracial parents are more likely than white parents to experience child care-related job disruptions.

The Rise and Fall of Racial Capitalism
Rebecca talks to Jeremie Greer of Liberation in a Generation, Maurice BP Weeks of ACRE, and Tara Raghuveer of KC Tenants and People’s Action about the latest issue of The Forge.

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Work and Nonwork. For years, employers had the upper hand and workers paid for it, but the tides are turning. At Amazon warehouses, workers see the stakes of that fight firsthand. Meanwhile, for those without jobs in North Carolina, the unemployment system was deliberately structured to be a nightmare to navigate.

Behind Closed Doors. The number of women killed by their partners in Puerto Rico has doubled since Hurricane Maria. In Texas, a woman whose husband hit her lost a custody fight and plunged into years of mandatory evaluations, counseling, therapy, and supervised visits.

Looking Bad in the Neighborhood. The proliferation of dollar stores is bringing crime to low-income communities as these symbols of blight carry risks for residents and workers alike. In New York, coronavirus treatment outcomes vary significantly by neighborhood, and hospital, from the Bronx to Manhattan.

Where’s the Beef?

The story of a hamburger’s journey from ranch to plate isn’t just about meat or how we eat. It’s also about the extreme class disparities of the coronavirus, from the cook who took a demotion and a pay cut to get back to work to the largely insulated white collar worker who could afford to have a $20 burger couriered in a pandemic.

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