Today at Ms. | May 14, 2021

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Front and Center: For Nikki, Guaranteed Income Means Financial Security, Community and Hope for the Future [[link removed]]

BY NIKKI | Front and Center is a groundbreaking series of op-eds that highlights the success of Springboard to Opportunities’ Magnolia Mother’s Trust program, which this year will give $1,000 per month for 12 months to 100 families headed by Black women living in federally subsidized housing. "Before, I didn’t know what Magnolia Mother’s Trust was about. I have a new family with the Mother’s Trust. They’re a new part of my community. When I think about what I’m excited about in the future, I just want to see my kids grow up—just watching them grow up, when they were just my babies yesterday."

Keeping Promises: The Newly Updated Inclusion Rider Helps Hollywood Diversify Hiring [[link removed]]

BY AVIVA DOVE-VIEBAHN | Inclusion Rider is a contract provision designed to help hold studios accountable for inclusive hiring practices. “We have always had systemic change as the goal. The question being what tools could we put out there to help make the industry be more equitable, be more inclusive, be more accessible.”

Human Trafficking Survivors Are Often Criminalized. Free to Thrive’s Jamie Beck Is Providing Legal Support [[link removed]]

BY HELEN LAVAN | The statistics are staggering: Human trafficking is estimated to be a $150 billion industry that profits from 25 million victims worldwide. Jamie Beck, director of Free to Thrive, provides legal services and support to survivors of human trafficking.

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Just in time for Mother's Day: How are moms making it through the pandemic? And, how do single moms fit in, especially teenage moms?

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