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Friday, July 17, 2020

As Eviction Bans Expire, Renters Turn to Credit Cards
By Morgan Baskin
Desperate renters racked up interest on their rent payments, while Visa earned $5.9 billion.

A New UBI Pilot is Targeting Former Foster Kids in Silicon Valley
By Ray Levy-Uyeda
90 percent of youth aging out of foster care have no income. In Santa Clara County, they’re getting $1,000 a month.

Getting Americans Back to Work and Good Jobs
By Karla Walter
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Key steps must be taken to ensure that pandemic-response infrastructure investments create high-quality jobs for all working Americans.

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century
Rebecca talks with editor Alice Wong and contributors Rebecca and Patrick Cokley about “Disability Visibility,” an anthology of contemporary essays by disabled people.

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It’s A Dangerous Job. Mail carriers are sweating their way through their routes in extreme heat, and some are dying on the job. Immigrant farm workers are facing abusive conditions made worse by the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Other workers are organizing through the pandemic, but their employers are engaging in unionbusting.

Follow the Money. Stockton’s universal basic income experiment has been underway for a year, with heartening results: It worked. Behind staggering numbers on student debt, there are real humans, and these are some of their stories. Dying is costly and low-income COVID-19 families are facing thousands of dollars in burial expenses.

The Spaces We Built. The pandemic provides an opportunity to build a cashless economy, but not everyone is able to participate. A similar exclusion governs who gets to drink outside during a time of reduced restrictions. And some urban areas are developing rapidly, but the choices people make are leaving some communities out.

Turning A Lens On America

The self-portraits in this series explore Black identity all over the United States. Some are joyous, others are grim, some are ethereal, others saturated with color. Alongside these striking images, the photographers speak briefly about their process, race, culture, and society.

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