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    21 Oct 2019

    High praise for the newsletter on Reddit? 😂

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    Feb 17

    In 2019, the McDonald's CEO made $18 million. The workers who power his company’s success each day deserve a living wage.

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  3. Feb 16

    A new study finds that states that legalize marijuana see lower worker compensation claims "likely due to access to an additional form of pain management therapy"

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    Feb 16

    McDonald’s is one of the nation’s largest employers of low-wage workers. And because it’s everywhere, it’s a great place to test the effects of minimum wage laws.

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    Feb 12

    The film Judas & The Black Messiah is out today and LaKeith Stanfield joins us on the to about his role as Bill O'Neal, the man recruited by the FBI to spy on the Panther Party. OH and mid-interview LaKeith said this to me...I can retire now, right? 😂

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    Feb 11

    In a new study, we find Black, Hispanic & female officers engage in less enforcement and violence than white & male officers facing common circumstances. 1/

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  7. Feb 11

    One time I jokingly said I would write a public love letter to Raj Chetty. Thanks to this episode, I don't need to do that anymore. It's the closest I'll get to being on Maury Povich and having my long lost father come from back stage. ❤️

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    Feb 10

    For our latest ep., we team up with to confess our obsessions. We also meet the Beyoncé of economics.

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    Feb 9

    Taxes may lack the razzle dazzle of meme-fueled stock rallies. But they might be a better way to curb Wall Street excesses.

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    Feb 8

    More women than men have dropped out of the labor force since February, with a particularly steep drop in September when many schools switched to in the fall. Read the full analysis here:

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    Feb 8

    Kayla walked out of prison with $11,000 in court fees. Teriann: $2550. You're not supposed to go to jail for being too poor to pay *anything.* And yet ppl are re-arrested all the time for missing 3 payments in a row

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    Feb 3

    on today's , buys his VERY FIRST STOCK EVER. or does he??? find out!!!!

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  13. Feb 3

    Racial inequality is horrendous around the US, but the data I've seen suggests it's the worst in the midwest

    In the Twin Cities metro, reports, Black people get incarcerated 11 TIMES more often than white people do. ELEVEN TIMES
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    Feb 2

    A new study found that giving low-income workers money upfront in their work period helped alleviate the mental burden of their financial problems and allowed them to be more productive — echoing other findings on the psychological impacts of poverty.

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    Feb 2

    A new study adds to the growing mountain of evidence that says that poverty impairs people’s ability to focus and think.

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  16. Feb 1

    NO. Is this ever going to end?

    This one hurts. An important warning from :
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  17. Jan 31

    PUTS was a soundtrack to my youth and it’s super sad to hear this. RIP Double K

    Double K of People Under the Stairs passed away this evening. In addition to rapping, he co-produced the group's music with groupmate Thes One which was extremely influential in the West Coast's underground scene. RIP Double K.
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  18. Jan 29

    The never-ending credits at the end of The Daily are reaching Too Many Cooks proportions.

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    Jan 26

    Institutional investors are buying greater and greater stakes in Corporate America. A new study investigates whether their common ownership of cereal makers is leading them to become a kind of stealth monopoly.

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    Jan 21

    Am donating $100M towards a prize for best carbon capture technology

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