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Friday, November 8, 2019
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For D.C. Parents, School Chaperoning Is Pay to Play
by KATHI VALEII
Not all parents can afford the cost and risk of TB tests and background checks. <[link removed]>
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Rhetoric vs. Reality: Not All Paid Leave Proposals Are Equal
by Diana Boesch
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Paid leave proposals which only provide benefits to parents of new children or are funded through cuts to other programs will not meet the needs of working families. <[link removed]>
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Early Decision Harms Students of Color and Low-Income Students
by Abril Castro
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Early decision policies at colleges and universities favor wealthy families and create additional barriers for marginalized communities. <[link removed]>
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Off-Kilter: The Costs of Being Poor: New research finds inflation inequality means 3.2 million more people are living in poverty than official stats suggest. <[link removed]>
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What We’re Reading
Good Eatin'. In the San Francisco Chronicle, a meditation on food, tradition, and tomb-sweeping day <[link removed]>. A new book explores Paula Deen, and why she's a revered voice of Southern cooking <[link removed]> despite her racism. And sometimes food is about the lack thereof for college students <[link removed]> and residents of farm country <[link removed]>.
Black and White. In Miami, thriving Black communities are being pushed off high ground <[link removed]> as whites flee climate change. A long history of discrimination has blocked Black homeownership <[link removed]> across the United States. Black Americans trying to get ahead with an education end up owing $7,400 more than whites <[link removed]> by graduation day. And if you're a swing dancer, this history of the Jim Crow and dance culture <[link removed]> may have you Lindy Hopping in a whole new way.
Hostile Work Environment. They're calling it a "workplace safety" tool, but this is just surveillance <[link removed]>. A (marginal) victory for farmworkers, as Washington may become the third state to mandate overtime pay <[link removed]>, while Philadelphia domestic workers just won an overdue bill of rights <[link removed]>. And with holiday schedules looming, the fight for fair workweek laws <[link removed]> is in the news again.
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On the Farm
"a farmer with two young children" <[link removed]>
These lush images <[link removed]> from Minnesota's farm country follow a family's struggle to keep its land and traditions. Washington Post photographer Ricky Carioti is chronicling the family over the course of a year, with more images to come.
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