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Friday, November 15, 2019
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Student-Athletes Make Billions for the NCAA. They Deserve A Seat On Its Board.
by Connor Maxwell
Student-athletes deserve a vote in the NCAA's decision-making process.
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You Can’t Eat Your Dreams. Hollywood Expects Assistants to Do Just That.
by Brenden Gallagher
Hollywood’s army of assistants is organizing with #PayUpHollywood.
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HHS Proposal Puts Millions of Americans at Risk of Discrimination
by Laura E. Durso and Sharita Gruberg
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: A new proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services would give grantees a license to discriminate using billions in taxpayer dollars.
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Why an All-of-the-Above Transportation Strategy Doesn’t Work
by Kevin Degood
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: When regions adopt an all-of-the-above approach, they often embrace the language of smart growth without the substance.
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What We’re Reading
Raise the Roof. Curbed's Suburbs Issue <[link removed]> is a fantastic look at the changing face of a much-despised part of America. We particularly enjoyed an examination of increasing diversity in the subsurbs <[link removed]> and a cautionary tale <[link removed]> about the seductions of home ownership.
Pay Your Dues. Opportunity Zones struck again in Florida, where a superyacht marina qualified for special tax treatment <[link removed]>. That means big bucks for the billionaires behind a luxury development at the site. Meanhwile, South Dakota has risen as an unlikely tax haven <[link removed]> and the rich are loving it.
Underwater. They call this Louisiana town "Flood City"; after 17 floods in 30 years, it's being abandoned <[link removed]>. And residents of New Orleans <[link removed]> may be facing the same choice. But climate change isn't the only human-made catastrophe leaving communities in soggy ruins: At least 1,680 dams across the U.S. <[link removed]> are in a very hazardous state.
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Selling Churros Is Not A Crime
A recent arrest in New York City over selling churros on a subway platform <[link removed]> highlighted a world of unlicensed street vendors in New York. Many are undocumented immigrants, and a substantial number are women. Artificial scarcity of vending permits has made this underworld inevitable, but the city council could opt to issue more and relieve the pressure of a very long waiting list and a bustling black market in leasing vending permits.
It would be a smart move: Street vendors make cities safer <[link removed]>.
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