by s.e. smith & Pat Garofalo 15,000 fed up airline catering workers for three of the biggest U.S. airlines just voted to authorize a strike. But they have to ask permission first.
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by Olugbenga Ajilore & Zoe Willingham From our partner, the Center for American Progress: Rural America still hasn't regained the employment levels it had before the 2008 recession — and if policy solutions keep treating it as a monolith, it never will.
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To mark the 29th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Rebecca sits down with Azza Altraifi, Valerie Novack, and Gabriela Rossner to tackle the big question facing disability justice: How do we achieve gains for disabled people within today’s ableist/capitalist/racist systems while still working to dismantle them?
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What We’re Reading
Regulation Rollbacks. The death industry is getting away with murder, and how we became a country that argues for financial education rather than regulation.
The Cost of Care. Six families explain how they handle child care costs, and a deep dive into how the Eastern Cherokee took control of their health care.
Fighting Maternal Mortality
African American babies in Minnesota are twice as likely to die in their first years as white babies. A birth center is trying to change that through culturally focused care for women of color.
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