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Friday, November 1, 2019
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A City in California Gave Land Back to Indigenous People. It’s a Start.
by Rory Taylor
200 acres could be just the beginning.
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In the Child Welfare System, Somebody’s Always Watching You
by Elizabeth Brico
To try to get my kids back, I had to surrender my privacy.
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Ending Special Tax Treatment for the Very Wealthy
by Alexandra Thornton and Galen Hendricks
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: The U.S. tax system has played a significant role in the growth of economic inequality by failing to tax those with extreme wealth.
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Off-Kilter: The Forge
A conversation with some of the organizers behind The Forge, the new journal by and for organizers — PLUS: A look at America’s “civil justice crisis.” <[link removed]>
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What We’re Reading
Oversharing. Would you pay $1,000 a month to live in an open bunkbed in communal housing? These people are <[link removed]>, all for a taste of the L.A. dream. Looking for a more temporary sharing economy accommodation? Fake hosting scams are on the rise <[link removed]> in Airbnb territory. Speaking of real estate, the depths of WeWork's dysfunction are still being revealed <[link removed]>.
A Scam Born Every Minute. Proponents of black salve, a skin-eating folk remedy, say it cures cancer. Doctors say otherwise, but a thriving social media community <[link removed]> is dodging regulators. Health care practioners have another scam to be furious about: Virginity testing <[link removed]>, which is not a real thing, is alive and well in the U.S. A scam of a different stripe preys on students desperate to jumpstart careers, with an "executive juris doctorate" <[link removed]> degree implying a future in law with credentials that aren't accepted by state bars.
From the Ashes. A Walmart parking lot has once again become a makeshift home for wildfire evacuees <[link removed]>. They are the latest wave of people to flee home with little more than the clothes on their back, like this family from Paradise <[link removed]> did last year. Not all fires are wildfires: In Oakland, a series of mysterious fires <[link removed]> are making it harder for low-income residents to stay in the city they call home.
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A Corridor Runs Through It
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The Everglades are a unique natural treasure, and they're slowly being eaten by sprawl as Florida loses 12 acres per hour to development. One photographer took a journey through vanishing wilds <[link removed]> with conservationists to learn about what the state is losing, and how it could be saved before it's too late.
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