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Trump’s Childcare Funding Freezes Are Going To Hit All Kids Hard

Grace Segers The New Republic
The administration added new strings for states to receive funding. This could have ripple effects for all households, not just those with low-income children. HHS said it would specifically freeze $10 billion in childcare funds to five blue states.

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“No Tax on Tips” Is an Industry Plant

Eyal Press The New Yorker
Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage.

This Week in People’s History, Feb 6–12

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Cartoon showing Uncle Sam, John Bull, and the Kaiser riding heavily on the shoulders of servants of colorof A Sad Day for Liberty (in 1899), Strikers Kill a Wage Cut (1894), If Men Were Angels (1788), Women Close in on the Right to Vote (1919), The Times They Are a-Changing' (1964), Strikers Shut Seattle Down (1919), Nixon in Crisis (1974)
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