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IRS Has Cut 160 Million Stimulus Checks — but Marginalized and Vulnerable Americans Are Still Disproportionately Left Out
For many of those who need the money most, getting a check has been difficult at best.
Finding Work Right Now: How Crosswalks Can Help Workers Make Moves
Crisis Conversations: The Uncertain Future of Work
Host Brigid Schulte is joined by author Alex Soojung-Kim Pang and other guests on this episode of Crisis Conversations.
Crisis Conversations: Anti-Blackness in America
Host Brigid Schulte is joined by New America CA's Autumn McDonald on this episode of Crisis Conversations
Child Care Shortages: What can we learn from World War II?
BLL spoke with Dr. Sonya Michel about the federal government’s response to the childcare crisis of WWII and what lessons for the COVID-era.
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Black Lives Matter More Than Property
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, there’s been an outpouring of grief—for a few broken storefront windows.
Better Life Lab Statement on Police Brutality and Structural Racism
Black Lives Matter today and everyday.
Groundswell: How to Fight for Black Lives in the Midst of a Pandemic
This week’s Groundswell highlights acts of protest—both in-person and socially-distanced—from around the country.
Crisis Conversations: To Have and to Have Not — Family Leave in the Pandemic
Host Brigid Schulte is joined by Tanya Goldman and other guests on this episode of Crisis Conversations.
The Coronavirus Is Democratizing Knowledge
Natalie Chyi wrote for Wired on how COVID-19 is empowering people and communities to become co-creators and co-distributors of knowledge.
Crisis Conversations: For elder-care workers in the pandemic, one state (mostly) gets it right
Host Brigid Schulte is joined by home health worker Brittany Williams and other guests on this episode of Crisis Conversations.
Will the Shock of COVID-19 Finally Move Land Administration Into the Modern World?
Yuliya Panfil and Thierry Hoza Ngoga wrote for TRFN on how officials must update archaic land systems to increase resilience for the future.