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Friday, November 8, 2019

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.

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.

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.

Inflation Inequality
The Costs of Being Poor: New research finds inflation inequality means 3.2 million more people are living in poverty than official stats suggest.

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Good Eatin'. In the San Francisco Chronicle, a meditation on food, tradition, and tomb-sweeping day. A new book explores Paula Deen, and why she's a revered voice of Southern cooking despite her racism. And sometimes food is about the lack thereof for college students and residents of farm country.

Black and White. In Miami, thriving Black communities are being pushed off high ground as whites flee climate change. A long history of discrimination has blocked Black homeownership across the United States. Black Americans trying to get ahead with an education end up owing $7,400 more than whites by graduation day. And if you're a swing dancer, this history of the Jim Crow and dance culture 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. A (marginal) victory for farmworkers, as Washington may become the third state to mandate overtime pay, while Philadelphia domestic workers just won an overdue bill of rights. And with holiday schedules looming, the fight for fair workweek laws is in the news again.

On the Farm

These lush images 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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