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Friday, December 20, 2019
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A Pesticide the EPA Won’t Ban Is Sickening Low-Income Californians of Color
by Amy Roost
Communities sickened by chlorpyrifos say the ubiquitous pesticide causes developmental disabilities, cancer, and other seriousness illnesses. <[link removed]>
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The Trump Administration Has a New Stealth Approach to Kicking People Off Disability
by Matthew Cortland
The bureaucratic nightmare of proving you’re ‘disabled enough’ would get even worse. <[link removed]>
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I Went Into Debt for a Christmas Gift
by Alaina Leary
It's easy to get into Christmas debt. It's hard to get out. <[link removed]>
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Betsy DeVos’ Cruel Math Denies Relief to Defrauded Borrowers
by Ben Miller
From our partner, the Center for American Progress: A new Department of Education formula uses bad statistics and an even worse methodology to deny major relief to defrauded borrowers. <[link removed]>
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What We’re Reading
It's Technical. Our phones are spying on us — and giving away the data <[link removed]>. Data collection like this continues to drive discriminatory Facebook ads <[link removed]>. A decade ago, Amazon Prime was in its infancy, and now it's a juggernaut <[link removed]> that includes an ever-expanding surveillance network.
A Real Racket. Having an incarcerated loved one can cost you thousands of dollars a year <[link removed]> and private companies pocket a lot of it, as seen with video calling <[link removed]>, which is being touted as an alternative to face-to-face visits. As to how people get to prison in the first place, in one New York precinct alone, misconduct reports <[link removed]> involving evidence planting and interference with criminal cases have been on the rise for three years running.
Taxes For Thee, But Not For Me. What exactly is Foxconn doing <[link removed]>, other than pocketing tax incentives? Speaking of tax incentives — or dodges — Google's Larry Page "gave" $400 million to charity this holiday season <[link removed]>, but none of it actually ended up with charities. Meanwhile, an 84-year-old man was short $8.41 on his property taxes, so the county seized his home <[link removed]>.
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Piecing It Together
"heavily embroidered quilt block" <[link removed]>
Black textile arts are a long American tradition, and Black quilters are famous for vibrant, political, beautiful work that makes the most of every scrap. These Georgia quilters <[link removed]> are keeping the art alive with provocative, stunning work that speaks to far more than keeping warm on cold winter nights.
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