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Friday, September 27, 2019
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Eugene Scalia Ruled It’s Ok to Make Disabled Workers Soil Themselves on the Job
by Taryn Williams
It was a big news week, so you might have missed the confirmation of the new Secretary of Labor.
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The Challenge of Running the Office of Federal Student Aid ‘More Like a Business’
by Ben Miller and Jason Delisle
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Letting a government office operate like a private company sounds great in theory but has lots of trade-offs and complications in practice.
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American Ghent
by David Madland and Malkie Wall
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Expanding on existing Ghent-like programs in the United States would strengthen unions and improve government services.
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Off-Kilter: #SmartOnCrime
Conversations with two criminal justice reform leaders whose work stems from their own experiences behind bars: Josh Hoe and Quintin Williams.
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What We’re Reading
Always Undercutting Black Wealth. One-third of Southern Black land is actually heirs' property <[link removed]>, caught up in a legal web that makes it hard to prove ownerswhip. Plus, the lives of Black families who thought they found middle-class security with federal jobs <[link removed]> are being upended.
The Rent Is Too Dang High. Immigrant tenants are fighting back <[link removed]> against discriminatory landlords and Milwaukee developers are committed to combating decades of segregation <[link removed]>. Meanwhile, tax breaks meant to help low-income areas primarily benefit developers <[link removed]>.
Dirty Money. The art world benefits from philanthropy, but a lot of that money is tainted <[link removed]>, and some activists are pushing back on "business as usual." Sandeep Vaheesan at The American Prospect makes a case <[link removed]> for using existing federal powers to put monopolies like the ones using art for public relations in check.
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Daily Life In the Great Depression
Thanks to federal arts grants, we have a vivid collection of images from the Great Depression and New Deal era, like these three young women taking a break backstage at the Vermont State Fair in 1941. You can find find more of these photos of everyday life in the '30s and '40s from the Library of Congress <[link removed]>, which kindly digitized and published them on Flickr for all to enjoy.
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