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    Prisoners Have a Right to Stimulus Checks But Many Are Not Receiving Them

    The Marshall Project Oct 22, 2020

    Thomas Root emailed his weekly legal newsletter from his office in Ohio to nearly 11,000 federal prisoners around the country—just as he’s done every Monday since 2015. That same day, attorney Brandon…

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    Addressing Seattle’s Homeless Challenge [Audio]

    City Journal

    Christopher F. Rufo joins City Journal editor Brian Anderson to discuss an urban struggle with street homelessness and the political fight around it in the Pacific Northwest’s largest city. Known as the “Emerald City” because…

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    Technological Advancements May Be Hindered By Social Norms

    Brookings

    Artificial intelligence (AI) and similar technologies are expected to transform business, consumption, and work. Concerns about the destruction or displacement of jobs are growing. By some estimates, over 40% of…

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    The Fight to Protect Sex Trafficked Youth Continues Even After a Major Win

    Center for Children & Youth Justice Oct 22, 2020

    To this day, Washington’s criminal justice system can arrest and charge young people under the age of 18 with the crime of prostitution under state law. At the same time,…

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    Understanding the World of Urban Sharing

    Sharable Oct 21, 2020

    In our cities, a plethora of sharing and collaborative activities emerge and flourish. Since they are most prominent in urban areas, where the concentration of people and resources in close…

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    Preparing Gen Z By Addressing the Skills Gap

    Getting Smart

    My oldest son, a junior at an elite university in California, went to a traditional college prep high school where he claims he was imminently prepared for post-secondary studies but…

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    Older Workers Often Retire Early When They Become Ill or Injured

    Urban Institute Oct 20, 2020

    As Americans’ average life expectancy has been generally trending longer for decades, some experts have urged people to delay retirement and work longer, and many policies have been developed to incentivize this…

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    Water Infrastructure and COVID-19 Recovery

    Brookings Oct 20, 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has not only disrupted the social and economic realities of our communities, but also undermined some of the basic infrastructure we depend on. Our water infrastructure has…

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    Changes in Monsoon Season Make Fighting Wildfires Harder

    Futurity Oct 20, 2020

    The North American monsoon has dictated the length of wildfire season for centuries in the US-Mexico border region, according to new research. But this year was anything but normal. The…

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    10 Facts About American Women in the Workforce

    Brookings

    Women’s labor force participation has stagnated and reversed since 2000. The gap between wages of men and women has fallen over the past several decades, but a significant gender wage gap…

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    In a Female-dominated Education Field, Women Still Lag Behind in Pay

    Chalkbeat

    Two University of North Carolina graduate students were curious: Were female school superintendents earning less than their male counterparts? Considering longstanding gender pay gaps across the economy, they expected to…

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    #MeToo Founder Launches Platform to Fight Sexual Violence

    Global Citizen Oct 20, 2020

    The founder of the #MeToo movement marked its third anniversary on Thursday by launching an online platform to fight sexual violence, hoping to expand the reach of the campaign against…

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